Concordia Sentinel

A fellow Concordia Parish Klansmen admitted to being in the truck with 'Red' Glover at the time of the car bombing of a Natchez NAACP leader, George Metcalfe. These insights that O. C. "Coonie" Poissot told the FBI could help with the investigation of Wharlest Jackson's car bombing.

The leader of a violent Klu Klux Klan unit, The Silver Dollar Group, was a lead suspect in the car bombing of Wharlest Jackson. Raleigh Jackson ‘Red’ Glover was an employee at the Armstrong Tire & Rubber Plant with Jackson when the murder occurred.

Exerlena Jackson’s husband died as a result of a car bomb outside of the International Paper Company in 1967 that made national news and was followed by what was possibly the largest FBI investigation ever conducted in southwest Mississippi and eastern Louisiana. Jackson passed away before she was able to see justice for her husband’s death.

Curt Hewitt had moved to Concordia Parish in 1965 to operate the Morville Lounge, a gambling and prostitution hall. Hewitt quickly realized he would need to watch out for the Klu Klux Klan in this area who were as displeased by gambling and prostitution as they were with civil rights. Reported by Stanley Nelson, Matt Barnidge, and Ian Stanford.

In a connection from New York City, to New Orleans, the Cosa Nostra mafia organization, that was allied with U.S. Sen. Huey P. Long and later Gov. Earl K. Long, monopolized and capitalized on corruption in Louisiana like never before. This brought in a hoard of gambling and prostitution that invaded every corner of Louisiana.

A founder and avid member of the Klu Klux Klan Silver Dollar Group died in the winter of 1988. Earcel Boy Sr. told his son "he was afraid to die because of all the things that he had done wrong in his life."

Frank DeLaughter, who is connected to the murder of shoe shop owner Frank Morris, has a long and treacherous past of crimes against African Americans in Concordia.

Frank Morris’ shoe shop was set on fire in 1964, with him still inside. Morris stayed alive for three more days after the fire. FBI agent Paul Lancaster tried to get a 'dying declaration’ from Morris to be used as evidence in court.

The investigation into black businessman Frank Morris of Ferriday’s murder has now taken a turn in that they believe some witnesses may have been untruthful in an effort to cover-up information.

One of the largest United Klans of America (UKA) rallies ever, which even featured the Imperial Wizard Shelton, was held in Natchez at Liberty Park in October of 1965. There was said to be no other Klan rally in the 1960s this large.