United Klans Of America
United Klans of America Inc. was one of the largest Ku Klux Klan organizations in the United States. Led by Robert Shelton, the UKA peaked in popularity in the late 1960s and 1970s, and was the most violent Klan organization of its time. Its headquarters was the Anglo-Saxon Club outside Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They were linked to the murder of teenager Michael Donald, the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four young girls, and the murder of Viola Liuzzo in 1965. In addition to Robert Shelton, some of the UKA’s most well known members include Thomas Blanton, Jr., Bobby Frank Cherry, Herman Cash, Robert Chambliss, Bennie Hays, Henry Hays, and James Knowles. Robert Shelton died at the age of 73 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, from a heart attack in 2003. Many former members of the group now purportedly belong to other Ku Klux Klan organizations such as The True Ku Klux Klan.
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