United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Description
Memo from Hoover asking if Sheriff Davis is sympathetic to KKK. Intelligence indicates Davis is quite close to the KKK and will rely on them to control demonstrations. Also indications that Davis has assisted in harboring a Klansmen responsible for a bombing in Jacksonville. Evidence that Davis has deputized members of the KKK. Hoss Manucy observed riding in car with Sheriff's deputies. Bureau to put MLK's beach cottage safe house under surveillance.
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African Americans
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Workers
- Florida
- Florida Highway Patrol
- Jails
- Ku Klux Klan (1915 )
- Monson Motor Lodge
- Motels
- Old Slave Market (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
- Ponce De Leon Motor Lodge
- Saint Augustine
- Saint Johns County
- Slaver
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference