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James Arnold Colescott (January 11, 1897 – January 11, 1950) was an American white supremacist who was Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Under financial pressure from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for back taxes, he disbanded the second wave of the original Ku Klux Klan in 1944. [1]
He was succeeded by his chief of staff, James A. Colescott. The next year, Evans faced accusations of involvement in a government corruption scandal in Georgia; he was fined $15,000 after legal proceedings. Evans sought to promote a form of nativist, Protestant nationalism.
A nonfiction memoir of the author's grandfather, Dr. James A. Colescott, the last Imperial Wizard of the original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. The web page contains book previews, personal stories, photos and table of contents of the book.
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 12 (AP)--Dr. James A. Colescott, former chief of the Ku Klux Klan, died last night in the United States veterans' Hospital at Coral Gables. His age was 53.
James A. Colescott, Imperial Wizard, second Klan, 1939–1944; Colescott disbanded the KKK in 1944. The third Klan (post–World War II)
James Arnold Colescott (January 11, 1897 - January 12, 1950) was a veterinarian who later became Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. On June 10, 1939 he succeeded Hiram Evans as the leader of the Klan.
When James A. Colescott became the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, his first mission was to spread the ideology and actions of the Klan throughout America by creating the monthly publication, The Fiery Cross. The first, and possibly most important, goal of the
