Samuel Green (Ku Klux Klan)
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Samuel Green was an Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan leader in the late 1940s, organizing its brief reformation.
. He became an obstetrician and joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1922.
Starting from the late 1920s, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan had a problem with declining membership. In 1939, Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans
sold the organisation to two Klan members, Green and James A. Colescott. While Colescott was forced to dissolve the organization in 1944, Green began to reform the Association of Georgia Klans with its focus on white supremacy and anti-communism. On October 1945, his group announced their return to the public with a cross burning. In 1946, Green reformed the group in Atlanta, Georgia
.
He was elected Imperial Wizard two weeks before his death from a heart attack in Atlanta. Following Green's death, while the Klan split into independent groups, his position was replaced by Samuel Roper.
tried to ban Brooklyn Dodgers players, Jackie Robinson
and Roy Campanella
.
. Green's successor Samuel Roper
was the second director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Green also made alliances with the Atlanta Police Department
and Atlanta taxi drivers.
Early life
Green was born in 1890 in Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. He became an obstetrician and joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1922.
Starting from the late 1920s, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan had a problem with declining membership. In 1939, Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans
Hiram Wesley Evans
Hiram Wesley Evans was Imperial Wizard of the "second" Ku Klux Klan from 1922 until 1939. Evans succeeded William Joseph Simmons in the position of the Imperial Wizard in November 1922...
sold the organisation to two Klan members, Green and James A. Colescott. While Colescott was forced to dissolve the organization in 1944, Green began to reform the Association of Georgia Klans with its focus on white supremacy and anti-communism. On October 1945, his group announced their return to the public with a cross burning. In 1946, Green reformed the group in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
.
He was elected Imperial Wizard two weeks before his death from a heart attack in Atlanta. Following Green's death, while the Klan split into independent groups, his position was replaced by Samuel Roper.
1949 Exhibition Baseball Games
After the Dodgers announced in January that their exhibition games would be in Macon and Atlanta, Green stated "there is no law against the game. But we have an unwritten law in the South – the Jim Crow law. " His statements were against the black players on a white team. During the exhibition games, Green using the influence of Herman TalmadgeHerman Talmadge
Herman Eugene Talmadge was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served as governor of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955. His term was marked by his segregationist policies. After leaving office Talmadge was elected to the U.S...
tried to ban Brooklyn Dodgers players, Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947...
and Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella , nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player, primarily at the position of catcher, in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball...
.
Organizations
During his command, the Ku Klux Klan infiltrated and controlled the Georgia Bureau of InvestigationGeorgia Bureau of Investigation
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation or GBI is an independent, U.S. state of Georgia agency that provides assistance to the state's criminal justice system in the areas of criminal investigations, forensic laboratory services and computerized criminal justice information.-Organization:The agency is...
. Green's successor Samuel Roper
Samuel Roper (Ku Klux Klan)
Samuel W. "Sam" Roper was an American law enforcement official and Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan ....
was the second director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Green also made alliances with the Atlanta Police Department
Atlanta Police Department
The Atlanta Police Department is the law enforcement agency of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.The city shifted from its rural-based Marshal and Deputy Marshal model at the end of the 19th century. In 1873, the department was formed with 26 officers...
and Atlanta taxi drivers.