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Title on Reel (transcribed from original)
Klan parade
Date Created
1967-07-08
Reel Format
16mm
Reel Description
This reel contains footage of individuals gathered in a parking lot, where two individuals receive and inspect Ku Klux Klan robes. The footage is undated, and appears to be filmed in a parking lot near 521 E. Southside Plaza in Richmond, Virginia. However, it appears that this group was preparing for a march in downtown Richmond and at the Virginia State Capitol grounds reported to have occurred on July 8, 1967. Some group members appear in both reels of the event. This appears to be a group of majority white participants.
Timestamp Description
00:00:09 Footage begins. Three individuals stand in a parking lot, one wearing a suit holds up a garment bag to the others, who wear short sleeve button up shirts, ties, and slacks. Appears to be filmed from a moving vehicle, the individuals look at the camera as it passes them. An Esso sign is visible in the background.
00:00:12 Footage of approximately six individuals in short sleeve button up shirts and slacks in the same parking lot. To the right, an individual holds up a white fabric item which is likely a Ku Klux Klan robe.
00:00:17 Footage of the same group in a parking lot, signage on a building in the background reads "Plaza Bowl", which was located at 521 E. Southside Plaza.
00:00:22 Footage of the same group of individuals in front of the Plaza Bowl building, one wearing a suit holds up a Ku Klux Klan robe, inspecting it.
00:00:27 Multiple clips of zoomed in footage of individuals in the parking lot as well as cars. Some individuals look directly into the camera.
00:00:43 Footage of individuals in the parking lot, as the camera pans right, it films the individual previously inspecting the KKK robe holding it while talking to two others.
00:00:48 Footage of the same individual putting the KKK robe into a garment bag while standing with two others. The camera pans down to film the rear license plate of a car, which also has a bumper sticker with a United States of America flag and a Confederate flag with the word "United" printed between them.
00:00:54 Footage of an individual carrying a garment back and suit jacket walking away from the camera, then turning and speaking with others in the parking lot.
00:01:08 Zoomed out footage of five individuals in the parking lot, a Gulf sign is visible in the background, as well as a red trailer with "Ice" written on the back.
00:01:13 Footage of two individuals carrying garment bags walking with several others. One of the individuals holds a handwritten sign which reads "Go Out And Vote".
00:01:30 Footage goes gray.
00:01:37 Footage of trees and powerlines.
00:01:49 Footage goes gray.
00:02:09 Blurry footage of what appears to be an office.
00:02:30 Footage goes gray.
00:04:29 Footage ends.
Event Description
On July 4, 1967, The Ku Klux Klan held a United Klans of America rally on Darbytown Road in Henrico County. KKK members in robes and hoods advertised the rally in downtown Richmond on June 28, 1967 (Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 29, 1967). At the rally, Henrico County police arrested Marshall Robert Kornegay, a grand dragon of the KKK, and Wilbur Louis Schrum, of Colonial Heights. They were charged with "setting up, promoting or otherwise participating in a lottery," for their roles in a car raffle at the rally. Some 400 individuals attended the rally, which police surveilled throughout the day. Speakers included Robert Scoggins, a grand dragon from South Carolina, and Charles Wilson, a grand klokard/lecturer from Emporia (Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 5, 1967). On July 8, KKK members visited Henrico County police headquarters in robes and hoods, and also marched in Willow Lawn, at the Virginia State Capitol grounds, and on Grace Street in downtown Richmond in protest of the arrests. They distributed fliers that read "Virginia has two set of laws" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 9, 1967). On July 9, Henrico Police requested help from the state police in order to surveil "roaming caravans of cars reportedly containing members of the Ku Klux Klan". The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that about 200 cars parked in the police parking lot and began blowing their horns at 6PM, then left for a cross burning near Darbytown Road and Miller Road at 8PM (Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 10, 1967).
Runtime
00:04:46
Corporate Name Subject
Ku Klux Klan (1915- );
Topical Subject
Processions; White supremacy movements; White nationalism; Police; Police patrol--Surveillance operations; Electronic surveillance; Video surveillance
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
color films (visual works)
Local Genre
moving image
Type
Moving Image
Digital Format
video/mp4
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Richmond Police Department Surveillance Collection
Source
Ku Klux Klan March in Richmond Film Reel #01, 1967 July 8
File Name
VCU_M571_109.mp4