Albert Pike & the KKK

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ALBERT PIKE & THE KKK

The original KKK never wrote down its rituals! The rituals were all memorized and passed onfrom member to member by word of mouth. When the last original Klansman died the ritualsdied with him and are all lost to history now. The original KKK only wrote down its Prescripts(book of rules and regulations) and two general orders. All else was passed on verbally. So, this"researcher" on the History Channel was looking for something in writing that was never put inwriting and he was looking in the wrong place! If Pike wrote the ritual for the KKK it would notbe in the Masonic Library of the Supreme Council. It would be in the Klan's place of records.But, when the Klan disbanded, Gen. Forrest ordered all Klan regalia and paraphernalia to bedestroyed. As a result very few objects from the original KKK survived. For example, only twocopies of the Klan's Prescripts survived. So this "scholar" on the history channel proved nothingand his research was incomplete. He is guilty of distortionism when he then claimed that heproved Pike was never a Klansman. Here at the Indiana Historical Research Foundation, we havequite a few books (mostly long out of print) that mention Albert Pike not only as a Klansman,but the KKK's Chief Judicial Officer and Grand Dragon of Arkansas as well.

What follows is from the book: Authentic History of the Ku Klux Klan by Susan L. Davis,copyright 1924 (which was a time when there were original Klansmen still living, many ofwhom she interview in person. She also personally knew Grand Wizard Forrest and many otherhigh ranking Klansmen when she was a girl during the Reconstruction Era because of her father'sprominent position in the original Klan.


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The page below is taken from the last chapter of the same book. It shows the extent of

Masonic involvement with the KKK reached all the way to the top.

At least two of the six men who founded the original KKK were Free Masons. They were Maj.James R. Crowe, Grand Turk of the Klan and Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand MasonCouncil of Tennessee and Capt. John B. Kennedy, Grand Magi of the Klan and member ofMasonic lodge F. and A. M. Another original Klansman was Nicholas Richardson, GrandCyclops of the KKK and High Mason. In support of the pages above, the page below is from thebook: "The Tragic Era" by Claude Bowers, copyrighted 1962. It lists the Grand Dragons (stateleaders) for eight Klan Realms (a Realm is a Klan term for a state). Albert Pike is plainly listedamong them for the Realm of Georgia.


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The photo below is from the book: "Story of the Ku Klux Klan" by Col. Winfield Jones of theWashington Corps of Correspondents. The inscription says: "Albert Pike, Chief Judicial Officer,Ku Klux Klan." How much more proof do you want? I say to all Free Masons, stop lying andadmit the truth; Pike was Klansman and liked it.


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Further, Col. Simmons, who revived the KKK in 1915 and Hiram Evans, who was secondImperial Wizard of the revived KKK, were also Free Masons. Rev. Thomas C. Jones was aKlansman and public speaker for the KKK. He was, also, a Methodist minister and a 32ndDegree Free Mason. When the Klan was at its height in 1924, with over eight million membersnationwide, half the Free Masons in the USA were also members of the KKK. Masonic Lodgesacross the country doubled as Klaverns for the Klan. Now, let's take a look at the Masonic / Klanconnection from a Grand Master's point of view. This leaflet (printed in its entirety here) waswidely distributed by both the KKK and Free masons in the 1920's.


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This is not all there is to it. There is evidence that the Free Masons were so deeply involvedin the original KKK that they took it over and changed it from the protective society it was intoan instrument of terror used by the Free Masons to get revenge for the country's Morgan AntiMason War of the 1820's and for the Anti Mason Party's efforts to wipe the Free Masons out.(The Anti Mason Party was defeated in the presidential election by Andrew Jackson, a FreeMason.) There is evidence that it was the Free Masons who were members of the KKK in the1920's to '30's that were the ones who were committing the crimes attributed to the KKK at thetime while the non Masonic members of the KKK were mostly involved in charitable works and

social activities. I will add more when I get the time.


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This watch fob (frontand back shown) clearly shows a KKK - Masonic link. AKIA means "A Klansman IAm". Indicating a joint Klan- Masonic membership.

The photo above, circa 1970's, shows a Klansman in front of the sign for a MasonicTemple. In the background Klansmen can be seengoing in and outof the temple.

Recently, I came across a web page which plainly said that Truman and Harding were nevermembers of the KKK. This web page then went on to say it wanted to become a page renown for


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the truth. In that case the people who put that page up need to research the subject more deeply.In recent years I have seen a lot of denial concerning the Klan membership of prominent menwho held such high offices. So, in the name of truth, I will spend some time here getting thingsstraight. Below is a 1944 presidential campaign poster. One recently sold at auction for over$1,000.00. Items like these are rare but they stand as documentation to the truth. The Dewey

campaign could have gotten into a lot of trouble if Truman had not been a member.

The fact is, Truman was only a minor member and for only two years, (1920 - 1922). Hejoined at a time when millions were joining and the KKK was a popular respected organization.He later had a falling out with the KKK over his wanting to appoint Catholics to politicalpositions. The KKK said it would refuse to back Truman in an up coming political campaign ifhe did. Truman ignored the Klan's warning and appointed the Catholics anyway. Without Klanbacking he lost the election. Truman was anti-Klan from then on. His family has tried to bury hisKlan membership ever since. The fact is, the Klan's message, at the time, did appeal enough toyoung Harry to convince him to join the KKK. While he, no doubt, tried to bury that after hisfalling out with the Klan, the Dewey people either remembered enough or researched enough to

dig up his Klan past in an attempt to defeat him and FDR in the 1944 presidential election. Fouryears later Truman would get even with Dewey for this political ploy when he pulled a politicalupset defeating Dewey at the last minute.


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The above photo is actually much larger. The sides were removed due to space limitations

here. It is from the book: "The Ku Klux Klan, A Pictorial History, 1865 - 1946. by W. LeeAckridge. In the book, this photo is clearly identified as Warren G. Harding's funeral, 1923.

Photo below: President Calvin Coolidge (in suit) marches next to Imperial Wizard Hiram Evans(in center) in the great Washington, D.C. Klan parade, 1925. 40,000 Klansmen and Klansladiesmarched in that parade and 25,000 marched in the second Washington, D.C. parade in 1926. TheKlan had peaked in 1924, with nearly nine million members. In the 1980's, I spoke to everyone Icould find who would have been alive in the 1920's and old enough to remember what went on.They all told me it was common knowledge that President Coolidge was a Klan member. In the1924 election, Coolidge received massive Klan support sweeping him into the White House. Inthat same election scores of Klansmen were elected into all levels of public office from Capitol

Hill to state and local positions.


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Black writer Greg Griffin speaks:

The date, 1930, is a typing error on Griffin's page. It should be 1920.


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The cartoon above dates from the 1920's and it shows William Jennings Bryan walking arm in

arm with the KKK. Though he ran in five elections, he was never elected president. But, he wasa famous political figure throughout that time period.

To be continued as soon as I get the time. I intend to next add documentation proving thatRoosevelt accepted aid and support form the KKK during his campaign for president.

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