June 18, 2014
In May 1964, United Klans of America Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton wooed hundreds of Pike County citizens into choosing his Klan organization over that of Sam Bowers of Laurel. The UKA terrorized the county, earning it the moniker “Bombing Capital of the World.”
Stories this photo appears in:
Civil Rights
Violent Summer: When Klansmen and Tyranny Stalked Mississippi: ‘I’ll Shoot You In Two”
There were no Klan robes in sight the night the violent Wolf Pack was born in southwest Mississippi.
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