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Oberholtzer survived the initial event and was able to report the crime to the police. However, she later died due to her injuries. Following these crimes, the Klan continued to decline until it was disbanded by Imperial Wizard James A. Colescott in 1944 due to tax obligations. The following year, in 1945, Simmons died in Atlanta.
In 1939 Evans sold ownership of the Klan to James A. Colescott, a veterinarian from Terre Haute, Indiana, but Colescott was soon forced to dissolve the organization because of problems with back taxes and protests over the Klan's association with the German-American Bund. After World War II the Klan became increasingly fragmented. During the ...
Occupation. Veterinarian. 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. Biography.
In 1939, Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans sold the organization to two Klan members, Green and James A. Colescott. Colescott served as the Imperial Wizard and Green as his assistant. While Colescott was forced to dissolve the organization in 1944, Green began to reform the Association of Georgia Klan, focusing on
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TABLE OF CONTENTS In Memoriam – Mrs. James A. Colescott (“Nannie”) In Dedication – Julia Walker Kearse Introduction– My Long Journey Home PART I: Atlanta – Time of Reckoning for the Great Second Klan Chapter 1: Hiram Evans & James Colescott – A Bond Forged In Loyalty Rewarded by Power Chapter 2: Atlanta 1939 – …
15. Juni 1997 · Colescott has vivid memories of visiting the 1939-40 World’s Fair on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay: “Diego Rivera was there working on a mural while the fair was in progress, and he had ...
