James Colescott

James Colescott

James Colescott disbanded the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the second wave of the original Ku Klux Klan, in 1944.

Biography

The Klan fell out of public favor in the 1930s and withdrew from political activity. Grand Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans sold the organization in 1939 to Colescott, a former Indiana veterinarian from Terre Haute, and Dr. Samuel Green, an Atlanta obstetrician, but they were unable to stanch the exodus of members. His association with Nazi sympathizer organizations, and Klan association with the 1943 Detroit Race Riot and other efforts to disrupt the American war effort during World War II scarcely improved the organization's image.

In 1944 the IRS filed a lien for $685,000 in back taxes against the Klan, and Colescott was forced to dissolve the organization.


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