Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, the Craft and the Klan

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:31:00 GMT

After all, most of the Klan's major leaders were Freemasons. The organization's founder,
Col. Simmons, was a Mason, and a Knight Templar. Also, C. Anderson Wright, King Kleagle
of the New York Klan and chief of staff of a Klan group known as Knights of the Air,
was a 32nd degree Mason. Dr. Hiram Evans, who succeeded Simmons as Imperial Wizard,
for many years...was recognized as one of the most active men in Masonry, and is a
32nd degree Knight Commander of the Court of Honor...[who] had been devoting almost
his entire time to Scottish Rite Masonry at the time the Klan was organized...