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Sam Bowers - Metapedia
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engineering student.[3] He moved back to Mississippi and became a partner in a vending machine business in Laurel.
White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
The Mississippi of his time was a hotbed of activism. Bowers, along with many other southern whites, was highly disturbed by and deeply feared the new changes that were sweeping the nation. He perceived the new civil rights legislation and forced integration as a direct threat to the "Southern way of life." Bowers decided to fight “the forces of Satan on this earth” by joining the Ku Klux Klan.1-4-1
In 1955 he joined the Louisiana based Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Natchez, Mississippi but later thought the Original Knights as being too passive. On February 15, 1964, at a meeting in Brookhaven, Mississippi, he convinced about 200 members of the Original Knights to defect and join a highly secret Klan, to be called the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, that would not hesitate to use violence to achieve its goals.
Philosophy of the White Knights
His Klan, as Bowers wrote in one of his internal memoranda, was "a nocturnal organization that works best at night. We must remember that the Communists who are directing the agitators want us to engage in pitched battles in the streets so they can declare martial law "\-cltatlon needed\
In an Imperial Executive Order issued at a Klan meeting June 7, 1964, and recorded by the FBI, Bowers wrote:
"This summer, within a very few days, the enemy will launch his final push for victory here in Mississippi. This offensive will consist of two basic salients[...]
One. Massive street demonstrations by blacks[...]designed to provoke white militants into counterdemonstrations and open, pitched street battles[...]to provide an excuse for:
Two. A decree from communist authorities in charge of the national govemment[...]declaring martial law[...]
When the first waves of blacks hit our streets this summer, we must avoid open daylight conflict with them[...]we must counterattack the individual leaders at night.
Weaving religion into the mix, he further declared "As Christians we are disposed to kindness, generosity, affection, and humility in our dealings with others. As militants we are disposed to use physical force against our enemies. How can we reconcile these two apparently contradictory philosophies? The answer of course, is to purge malice, bitterness, and vengeance from our hearts." (Charles Marsh, God's Long Summer, p. 61) (See also: Christian Identity)
Violent campaign
In 1964, exponents of the Black-Jewish-Marxist Revolution, primarily bussed in from Northern states, launched so-called "Freedom Summer". Later that year, five of these activists: Charles Eddie Moore,
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