2022-01 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/28/2022
This is an extraordinary and complete green SECURITY Klan Uniform. It consists of; A green SHIRT, 17-1/2" X 35" with a rope braid over the shoulder. The patches are telling and include, on the left sleeve, "SECURITY GUARD, United Klans of America, UKA", and the CSA Stars and Bars. On the right sleeve, the Blood Drop Cross, and the American Flag. The green pants are 38" x 34." It has a military style woven belt from which dangles a noose. It comes with a clip-on black tie. Filling out the uniform is a military whistle, white gloves, and a white ascot. nd, 1970s. The United Klans of America Inc. (UKA), based in Alabama, is a Ku Klux Klan organization active in the United States. Led by Robert Shelton, the UKA peaked in membership in the late 1960s and 1970s, and it was the most violent Klan organization of its time. Its headquarters was the Anglo-Saxon Club outside Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The organization was linked to the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four young girls, and the murder of Viola Liuzzo near Selma in 1965, as well as the lynching of teenager Michael Donald in Mobile in 1981.
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