roy e davis - imperial grand wizard of the ku klux klan

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Roy E. Davis: Imperial Wizard Involved in KennedyAssassination?

In an article of Voice of Healin! maazine p"#lis$ed %cto#er &'()* it +asadvertised t$at t$e Reverend Roy E. Davis ,r. +as William -ran$ams /rstpastor. Accordin to Davis* $e co"ld +rite more intimately of -illy -ran$amt$an any livin minister.! Also accordin to Davis* $e +as a mem#er of t$e0ort Wort$* 1e2as 3$am#er of 3ommerce* #orn and raised near 0ort Wort$*and ordained to preac$ t$e 4ospel in a +ell56no+n -aptist c$"rc$ in 1e2as.0or a #rief period of time* Davis $"n $is $at in 7e8ersonville* Indiana* d"rin+$ic$ time $e introd"ced William -ran$am to t$e 9entecostal reliion.

I am the minister who received Brother Branhaminto the frst Pentecostal assembly he everrequented. I baptized him, and was his pastor orsome two years. I also preached his ordinationsermon, and signed his ordination certifcate, andheard him preach his frst sermon. ! "ev. "oy #.$avis.

William -ran$am ac6no+leded t$is several times

t$ro"$o"t $is ministry* addin titles to Davis s"c$as doctor! or la+yer.!

%hen I was frst converted and was ordained in theBaptist church, I had a good old teacher by the nameo $r. "oy $avis. &e was a lawyer beore hisconversion, and he too' everything rom a legalstandpoint in the Bible.

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Roy Elonza Davis* ,r. +as reared in 1e2as* #"t $e did not remain t$ere for t$elarest portion of $is life. After #ein ca"$t c$eatin and s+indlin t$epeople of 1e2as in &'&;* $e acon* 4eoria* it +as anno"nced t$at Davis+o"ld no loner #e operatin as $ead of t$e4eoria 0armers "nion. A d"al committee +asat$ered to revie+ t$e /ndins of t$einvestiation* and decided t$at $e +o"ld #e/red immediately.

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Davis left 4eoria* sinin and evanelizin in m"ltiple states across t$eco"ntry. His advertised trail leads t$ro"$ ort$ and ,o"t$ 3arolina*

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Roy E. Davis: Imperial Wizard Involved in KennedyAssassination?1ennessee* %6la$oma* $o+ever one can ass"me t$at $e travelled t$ro"$many more states t$ro"$o"t t$e nited ,tates. Accordin to t$e =o"isville3o"rier 7o"rnal* Davis +as arrested for #rinin a seventeen5year5old irlfrom 3$attanooa* 1ennessee for se2"al pleas"re. At t$e time $e +asarrested* Davis +as preac$in from a 9entecostal -aptist 3$"rc$! at t$e

Holy -i#le >ission Hall! on ;&& E. 7e8erson ,treet in =o"isville* KB. His son*Roy E. Davis 7r. +as a tr"stee at $is c$"rc$.

-"t t$is +as not t$e only tro"#le Davis +o"ld face in Kent"c6y. >"ltiplec$ares of fra"d* forery* and more +o"ld place Davis in and o"t of Cail.Davis ar6et ,treet >ission in =o"isville* Kent"c6y. Interestinly* William-ran$am ives "s a $int t$at t$e Klan +as very active in 7e8ersonville at t$etime $e +as in t$e early staes of $is career:



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Roy E. Davis: Imperial Wizard Involved in KennedyAssassination?%e didn:t even have ood to eat, in the house, sohow could we pay a hospital bill, hundreds odollars; But she, through her church society andthe 6u 6lu7 6lan, paid the hospital bill or me,+ason:s. ! Branham, 41-+

Roy E. Davis ,r. and Roy E. Davis 7r. +o"ldevent"ally asons* and t$eyGre all ri$t asa lode.!

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In &'* t$e men +o"ld leave %6la$oma for3alifornia* +$ere t$ey +o"ld #ein a ne+ series ofcrimes* most of +$ic$ +ere attri#"ted to t$e son.In pland* 3alifornia* t$e pland 0irst >issionary-aptist 3$"rc$! +as esta#lis$ed "nder t$eReverend Roy E. Davis* and #ot$ 7"nior and ,eniorappear to $ave #een pastorin it toet$er. After#ein arrested for s+indlin people o"t of money*Roy E. Davis ,enior and $is +ife* Allie =ee Daviss"ed t$e c$ief of police. >ean+$ile* Davis 7"nior+as arrested for posin as an 0.-.I. aent tos+indle ot$ers o"t of money. D"rin t$e process oft$e investiation* it

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+as anno"nced t$at Roy E. Davis $ad felony c$ares in 1e2as for s+indlin.ot lon after* Roy E. Davis* ,r. moved #ac6 to 1e2as and t$e article +asp"#lis$ed in t$e Voice of Healin >aazine. It is "nclear +$et$er or not #ot$,enior and 7"nior relocated to 1e2as at t$e same time* #eca"se t$is is t$e



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Roy E. Davis: Imperial Wizard Involved in KennedyAssassination?last trace of 7"nior to #e fo"nd. And it is "nclear +$ere* e2actly* Roy E. Davisrelocated to. It appears from Klan5related articles p"#lis$ed in 4eoria*1e2as* and =o"isiana t$at Davis +as aain livin a d"al life in m"ltiple states.W$ile livin in 1e2as* Davis oranized and operated t$e larest Klan sect in=o"isiana called 1$e %riinal Kni$ts of t$e K" Kl"2 Klan.! At t$e time* little

+as 6no+n a#o"t t$e leader* C"st t$at $e +as a man named Davis from1e2as.! Interestinly William -ran$am ives several locations for Davisd"rin t$is time period:

Dallas* 1e2as 5 -ran$am* ((5);E

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Davis >o"ntains* 1e2as 5 -ran$am* 5)&

0ort Wort$* 1e2as 5 -ran$am* 5)&

Van Horn* 1e2as 5 -ran$am* 5);

-"t it isnt "ntil &'(' t$at t$ins etinterestin. At a lare meetin in,ams"la* 0lorida* a Klan rally +as $eld.And d"rin t$is rally* somet$in$appened t$at +as "n$eard of d"rin t$eat$erin. 1$e Imperial 4rand Wizard*t$e leader of t$e K" Kl"2 Klan* too6 o8$is mas6 and presented $imself in plainsi$t. W$en doin so* $e claimed t$at $e+as =on Davis*! t$e same alias t$at RoyE. Davis "sed in 4eoria +$en $e +as

fo"nd to #e livin a d"al life in 4eoriaand 1e2as. =on Davis! presented$imself as a ;&5year5old ordained -aptistminister from Dallas* 1J.

Bears later* after investiation #y t$e0ederal -"rea" of Investiation* it +aslearned t$at t$e Imperial 4rand Wizard oft$e K" Kl"2 Klan +as act"ally Roy ElonzaDavis* ,r. It is t$e middle name for Davist$at $elps "s #ind all of t$e many

ne+spaper articles toet$er* and lin6t$em to William -ran$ams mentor.Accordin to 1e2as state records*Reverend Roy Elonza Davis ,r. +as t$efat$er of Roy Ennis Davis 7r. 1$iscon/rms t$e s+indlers in t$e state of3alifornia* and ives "s $is +ifes name.1$ro"$ $is +ife* and t$ro"$ t$e District

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Roy E. Davis: Imperial Wizard Involved in KennedyAssassination?Attorney statements concernin $iss+indlin people in 1e2as* +e can #ind$im to t$e4eoria Davis livin d"al identities. And t$ro"$ enealoy records listin$is si#lins* +e can matc$ Roy E. Davis* ,r. to t$e o#it"ary for $is #rot$er in

=o"isville* Kent"c6y. Wit$ t$e arc$ives of t$e 7e8ersonville Evenin e+savaila#le in t$e 7e8ersonville p"#lic li#rary* +e can place Roy E. Davis ,r.*Roy E. Davis 7r.* and Daniel ,. Davis in 7e8ersonville $elpin William -ran$amet started into $is evanelistic career* C"st as #ot$ Roy Davis and William-ran$am state in t$eir testimonies. 1$e Imperial Wizard of t$e W$ite Kni$ts+as William -ran$ams teac$er.

It ets even more interestin after t$e election of 9resident Kennedy. 1$e K"Kl"2 Klan +as stronly opposed to t$e Democrat* and started "sin $atespeec$ to promote t$e idea t$at #y $avin t$is 3at$olic 9resident in oFce*t$e nation +o"ld come to r"in. It +as d"rin t$e $ei$t of t$is propaanda

t$at William -ran$am ives "s a $int t$at $e is of t$e same politicalpers"asion as t$e K" Kl"2 Klan:

@ne o the greatest mista'es that the colored race ever made was down inAouisiana and over in there when they voted or 6ennedy the other night,and put him in. (hey actually spit on that dress o ?braham Aincoln wherethe blood o the "epublican Party that reed them and voted a


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Roy E. Davis: Imperial Wizard Involved in KennedyAssassination?oppression of +omen* #y promotin t$e idea of s"premacy in t$e +$ite race.-elievin t$at t$eir #loodline is p"re*! t$ey prod"ce $ate5speec$propaanda aainst t$e ot$er races.

8ust li'e it was on (he 9erpent:s 9eed, but it:s absolutely proven to be right. I

got papers right here, out o the paper, where women right nowE and eveninCin the greatE 9ome o the great dioceses has got the pictures o theoriginal, a sna'e crawling on a woman:s leg, and Dust in how it goes aroundher she has all 'inds o sensations and things, something a man could nevertouch her with, with this huge sna'e wrapping around her, and so orth.(hat:s e7actly the truth. ?nd it:s going worse and worse, and will get worse.9erpent, which he was not, he could not have had the se7 aFair with herwhen he was a serpent, but rememberE

1 Branham, 421-00+ 1 +arriage ?nd $ivorceAfter 7o$n 0. Kennedy +as assassinated* t$e

Kni$ts of t$e K" Kl"2 Klan +ere immediately"nder investiation for conspiracy to m"rdert$e 9resident of t$e nited ,tates. It +as a$i$ly oranized operation* +it$ trails ofconspiracy from every anle. 1$o"$ =eeHarvey %s+ald +as credited +it$ t$e 6ill s$ot*it +as #elieved t$at several s$ots from severalanles $ad 6illed t$e 9resident.

%n ovem#er '* &'* a >iami policeinformant named William ,omersett met +it$7osep$ A. >ilteer* a +ealt$y ri$t5+ine2tremist +$o promptly #ean to o"tline t$eassassination of 9resident Kennedy. D"rint$e co"rse of $is testimony* $e declared t$atDallas Klan =eader R. E. Davis +as one of t$eact"al triermen in t$e assassination of t$epresident. Instantly* Davis +as t$e taret of a,ecret ,ervice investiation. Andinterestinly* t$e ,ecret ,ervice $as destroyedt$eir records on Roy E.Davis. -"t in t$e aftermat$ of t$e events t$at "nfolded* R. E. Davis! +asnamed Roy Elonza Davis.

Interestinly eno"$* of t$e fo"r distinct Klan oranizations in =o"isiana+$ic$ +ere descri#ed* t$e larest +as t$e %riinal Kni$ts of t$e K" Kl"2Klan* $eaded #y t$e Imperial Wizard identi/ed as a man named Davis fromDallas 1e2as. Davis! appears to #e Roy Elonza R. E.! Davis. Willie,omerset named Dallas Klan leader R. E. Davis as one of t$e act"al

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Roy E. Davis: Imperial Wizard Involved in KennedyAssassination?triermen in t$e assassination of t$e president. Davis #ecame t$e s"#Cectof a ,ecret ,ervice investiation* #ased on ,omersetts alleations inconnection +it$ t$e assassination. In response to t$e a"t$ors 0reedom ofInformation Act re@"est* t$e ,ecret ,ervice stated t$ey $ad destroyed t$eirrecords on Davis. Roy Elonza Davis +as a mem#er of t$e Dallas Indinant

W$ite 3itizens 3o"ncil* +$ic$ +as descri#ed as an e2tremist oranizationcomposed of people opposin interation of t$e races.!

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Was Roy E. Davis really a trierman? If not* to +$at e2tent +as $einvolved? W$en one st"dies t$e f"ll and complete $istory of Roy E. Davis* itis evident t$at political aenda drove $is evanelistic campains. 1$ro"$t$ose campains* many ministers +ere created to spread $is Klan aenda.Ho+ did William -ran$am meet Davis* and +$at made $im decide to #ecomean elder in $is 9entecostal c$"rc$ d"rin t$e s$ort period of time Davis +asavoidin criminal c$ares in Kent"c6y? Was William -ran$am part of Daviss

stratey to spread t$e political aendas of t$e K" Kl"2 Klan?

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1$is p"#lication is t$e res"lt of researc$ t$at #ean in )&. At t$e time* +e$ad evidence to s"est t$at William -ran$ams mentor* Roy E. Davis* +asC"st a 4rand Draon for t$e K" Kl"2 Klan. We +ere "na#le to lin6 Davis tot$e =o"isiana Imperial Wizard +$o "nmas6ed $imself #efore t$e p"#lic. or+ere +e a#le to lin6 -ran$ams mentor to t$e Kennedy assassination t$ro"$

anyt$in #eyond ass"mption. or +ere +e a#le to lin6 t$e many articles oft$e sinin evanelist! to -ran$ams mentor t$ere +as more t$an oneevanelist +it$ t$e name Roy Davis! t$o"$ t$e middle names vary.

Recently* ne+spaper articles $ave #een made availa#le t$ro"$ inde2edsearc$es #y t$e 3o"rier 7o"rnal e+spaper of =o"isville Kent"c6y t$at +ereeit$er not availa#le to "s in )& or t$at +e $ad missed. 1$e o#it"ary articlep"#lis$ed for Daviss #rot$er Daniel* +$en com#ined +it$ 1e2as rave siteinformation* is t$e 6ey to lin6in all of t$e articles toet$er.

Interestinly* li6e William -ran$am* Roy E. Davis "sed m"ltiple #irt$ years.

1$o"$ 1e2as ,tate records are consistent on $is date of deat$* t$ere is at+o5year variance in $is year of #irt$. 1$is complication is ampli/ed #y t$efact t$at $e named $is son +it$ t$e same /rst name and middle initial.,ome state record lin6s mi2 t$e t+o men toet$er as one. W$enresearc$in* one m"st separate t$e $istory of Roy Elonza! +it$ t$at of $isson* Roy Ennis.!



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Roy E. Davis: Imperial Wizard Involved in KennedyAssassination?1$e /rst @"estion t$at arises +$en one #eins to e2amine Daviss alleedinvolvement +it$ t$e assassination of 9resident Kennedy is* Was William-ran$am involved?! Directly* William -ran$am co"ld not $ave #eeninvolved. He +as preac$in a series of sermons in 7e8ersonville* Indianad"rin t$e time of Kennedys slayin. -"t as t$is +as a $i$ly oranized

event* one cannot 6no+ to +$at level William -ran$am co"ld $ave #eenindirectly involved +it$ its orc$estration.

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