Samuel Green was a Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1940s, organizing its third and final reformation in 1946.
Two children wearing Ku Klux Klan robes and hoods stand on either side of Dr. Samuel Green, then with the rank of Grand Dragon, at an initiation ceremony at Stone Mountain on July 24, 1948.
Ku Klux Klan titles and vocabulary
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) nomenclature has evolved over the order's nearly 160 years of existence. The titles and designations were first laid out in the original Klan's prescripts of 1867 and 1868, then revamped with William J. Simmons's Kloran of 1916. Subsequent Klans have made various modifications.
1920s Kloran, setting out KKK terms and traditions. Like many KKK terms, this is a portmanteau term, formed from Klan and Quran.
Grand Dragon (later Grand Wizard) Dr. Samuel Green in Atlanta, Georgia, July 24 1948, being flanked by two children during the initiation ceremony at stone mountain.
Imperial Klazik, British Columbia, 1925. The name is derived from Klan and Cazique.