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Title on Reel (transcribed from original)
Klan Parade, Police I.D.
Date Created
1967-07-09
Reel Format
16mm
Reel Description
This reel contains footage of individuals participating in a Ku Klux Klan car caravan in the Richmond area. Cars drive down two unidentified streets, with United States of America and/or Confederate flags on their cars. The footage is undated, however it appears that this occurred on July 9, 1967.
Timestamp Description
00:00:09 Footage begins. Multiple clips of footage of cars driving down a multi-lane road from the left to right of frame, filmed from the side of the road. Many cars have a United States of America flag and/or Confederate flag on the cars or being held by someone out the window. In the background, businesses are visible. A sign for "North American Transmission" is visible.
00:00:15 Footage of a car turning, it has a U.S. and Confederate flag above the headlights.
00:00:17 Multiple clips of footage of cars driving down a multi-lane road from the left to right of frame, filmed from the side of the road. Many cars have a United States of America flag and/or Confederate flag on the cars or being held by someone out the window. In the background, businesses are visible. A sign for "North American Transmission" is visible. A street sign is partially visible, could read "W Moore St".
00:01:10 Footage of the car caravan driving down a two lane road, with what appears to be an apartment building to the left side of the frame. A pick up truck in the right lane has four individuals in Ku Klux Klan robes and one individual in a Klan military uniform with a blood drop cross standing in the bed of the truck. Many cars have a United States of America flag and/or Confederate flag on the cars. The camera pans to show a long line of cars.
00:01:49 One car drives by with a sign on the driver's door which reads "Save Our Land, Join the Klan" with a red cross drawn on it.
00:01:53 The driver of one of the cars waves to the camera.
00:02:13 The driver of a car in the caravan drives wearing a Klan robe and hood.
00:02:24 A driver in the caravan waves at the camera.
00:02:28 A driver in the caravan waves at the camera.
00:02:36 A car in the caravan has "KKK" written on their side windows.
00:02:43 A car in the caravan has "KKK" written on the driver's side door.
00:02:50 A car in the caravan has a sign on the driver's side door which appears to read "UKA, KKKK Is Here To Stay".
00:03:08 A car in the caravan has a "KKKK" pennant flag taped to the driver's side door.
00:03:19 The caravan filmed from the back, with an individual squatting on the side of the road to the right of the cars.
00:03:22 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 surveille "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
00:04:05
Note
The original 16mm film reel has damage which translated to the digitized copy presented here. The damage includes ghosting and debris in the camera gate, which leads to "jumps" in footage or multiple frames being seen at once, as well as a "bleeding" effect for bright lights.
Corporate Name Subject
Ku Klux Klan (1915- );
Topical Subject
Motorcades; 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 Car Caravan in Richmond Film Reel, 1967 July 9
File Name
VCU_M571_166.mp4