[2] By 1965, Shelton's organization had outgrown the other KKK factions to become the largest in the United States, according to the FBI.

[3] In 1966, Shelton was sentenced to one year in prison and fined $1,000 for contempt of the United States Congress, "for refusing to turn over membership lists to the House Committee on Un-American Activities."

[5] At trial, Knowles said he and Henry Hays killed Donald "in order to show Klan strength in Alabama.

"[5] In 1987, the Southern Poverty Law Center brought a civil case, on behalf of the victim's family, against the United Klans of America for being responsible in the lynching of Donald, a 19-year-old black man.

[6] Unable to come up with the $7 million awarded by a jury, the UKA was forced to turn over its national headquarters to Donald's mother, who then sold it.