Stuart Wexler - Killing King: The Multi-Year Effort to Murder MLK

Copyright Stuart Wexler and Larry Hancock 2013

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Contents

The Church of Jesus Christ Christian (Christian Identity Movement/Christian Defense League): A group which espouses a radical version of Christianity that sees Jews as the offspring of Satan, manipulating minorities in a cosmic conspiracy against whites. [CJCC]

REV. WESLEY SWIFT: CJCC leader whose radio sermons inspired Christian Identity theology across America.

COL. WILLIAM POTTER GALE: The leader of the paramilitary arm of the Christian Defense League.

DENNIS MOWER: One of Swifts chief aides and a West Coast leader of the paramilitary anti-government group the Minutemen.

SIDNEY CROCKETT BARNES: Alabama-based CJCC follower who mentored Tommy Tarrants. Also in the NSRP.

The White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi: Formed in 1963, recognized by the FBI as the most violent KKK subgroup in the entire nation. [WKKKKOM]

SAM BOWERS: Grand Wizard/leader of the WKKKKOM.

DEAVOURS NIX: The chief investigator for the WKKKKOM and owner of Johns Restaurant, a WKKKKOM meeting place.

L.E. MATTHEWS: Succeeded Bowers as the leader of the WKKKKOM.

JOE DANIEL(Danny Joe)HAWKINS: An operative for Bowers in his underground hit squad.

THOMASTommyTARRANTS: The self-described chief terrorist for the WKKKKOM and an avid Swift devotee.

KATHY AINSWORTH: Along with Tarrants and Hawkins, a member of the Bowerss underground hit squad from 1967 to 1968.

THE ROBERTS BROTHERS: Alton Wayne and Raymond; key operatives-turned-informants for the WKKKKOM.

The National States Rights Party: Political group that ran white supremacist candidates while actively promoting and engaged in terrorism against Jews and blacks. [NSRP]

JESSE BENJAMIN (J.B.) STONER: Co-founder, chief propagandist and legal counsel for the NSRP.

EDWARD FIELDS: Co-founder of the NSRP.

ADMIRAL JOHN CROMMELIN: Leading Alabama-NSRP member who ran on their national ticket as Vice President. Mentor to Thomas Albert Tarrants and Swift devotee.

CONNIE LYNCH: Traveling rabble-rouser and agitator with J.B. Stoner; also a minister in the CJCC.

JAMES PAUL THORNTON: Founder of the California chapter of the NSRP.

The Dixie Mafia: Nickname for loose-knit groups of criminal gangs, primarily located in the Great Plains and Southeast, who joined forces for high money home burglaries, bank robberies and contract killings.

DONALD EUGENE Two Jumps SPARKS: Tulsa, Ok. based gang member, bank robber and contract killer.

LEROY MCMANAMAN: Kansas-based gang member who worked closely with Sparkss gang.

Others:

JAMES VENABLE: leader of the Atlanta-based National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (NKKKK) and friend of J.B. Stoner.

JOSEPH MILTEER: Radical, white supremacist from Georgia with links to CJCC the NKKKK and NSRP.

FLOYD AYERS: Book salesman who worked for James Venable.

NOAH JEFFERSON Jeff CARDEN: Mobile, Al. based white supremacist with connections to Barnes, Tarrants and others.