Eldon Lee Edwards (June 8, 1909 – August 1, 1960) was an American Ku Klux Klan leader.
[1] Edwards was an automobile paint sprayer from Atlanta, Georgia, and rebuilt the Klan beginning in 1953.
Edwards appointed Davis as Grand Dragon of the KKK in Texas in 1958 in an effort to merge their organizations.
Edwards explained to Wallace that he believed segregation was instituted by God, and cited various bible verses to support his position.
In his last public appearance, Edwards said, "We have more right to organize than the communists and the NAACP," and added, "We white people are the inheritors of this country.