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Sam Bowers - Metapedia
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James Chaney, Henry Hezekiah Dee, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman were murdered by Klansmen.
In 1966 the White Knights firebombed the house of civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer. According to later testimony by ex-White Knights member T. Webber Rogers, Bowers gave the direct order to have Dahmer killed "in any way possible." After four previous trials ended in deadlock (a 1968 jury split 11 to 1 in favor of guilty, and in 1969 a jury split 10-2 in favor of conviction [1] (http://www.washingtonpost.eom/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/l 1/05/AR2006110500920.html)), Bowers was convicted for the murder in August 1998 and sentenced to life in prison.
In 1967, the White Knights began a campaign against Jewish targets in Mississippi. Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson and Congregation Beth Israel in Meridian were bombed. Also, the home of Jackson's Rabbi Perry Nussbaum was attacked. The actual perpetrators of these crimes were Thomas Tarrants and Kathy Ainsworth. The later being killed in a FBI-ADL death trap.
Sam Bowers was convicted on conspiracy charges for his role in the Chaney-Schwemer-Goodman killings and served more than six years at McNeil Island Federal Prison in Washington. He was released in 1976. At the time of his death, the former Imperial Wizard was serving a 1998 sentence of life in a Mississippi prison for the 1966 bombing. During his life Bowers never apologized for his actions or asked anyone for forgiveness.
Notes
1.	t "Samuel Bowers, 82, Klan Leader Convicted in Fatal Bombing, Dies", The New York Times, November 6, 2006
2.	| "Samuel Bowers, 82, Klan Leader Convicted in Fatal Bombing, Dies", The New York Times, November 6, 2006
3.	| The Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi: A History, By Michael Newton, page 127
4.	| God's long summer: stories of faith and civil rights, By Charles Marsh, page 27
5.	t Whitehead, Don (1970). Attack on Terror. New York: Funk and Wagnall's.
See also
■	Byron De La Beckwith
■	Thomas Tarrants
■	Kathy Ainsworth
External links
■	Sam Bowers (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16478431) at Find a Grave
■	Sam Bowers a screenwriter: Who knew? (http://blogs.clarionledger.com/jmitchell/2011/01/20/sam -bowers-a-screenwriter-who-knew/)
■	Nelson, Jack (1993). Terror in the Night: The Klan's Campaign Against the Jews. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-69223-2.
■	Former KKK leader convicted of 1966 murder (http://www.cnn.com/US/9808/21/klan/), CNN.com, August 21, 1998.
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