Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, being interviewed by reporters outside the courthouse in Cullman, Alabama, during the trial of Tommy Lee Hines.

Wilkinson had come to Cullman from his home in Louisiana to lead a Klan demonstration during the trial. Tommy Lee Hines, a 26-year old man who was said to have the mind of a 6-year-old child, had been charged with raping three white women in Decatur. Because his lawyer argued that he could not get a...

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Main Author:	Triolo, Tony
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Photographs
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/124832

format	Electronic
collection	Alabama Media Group Collection
building	Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher	Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic	Photographs
spellingShingle	Photographs Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, being interviewed by reporters outside the courthouse in Cullman, Alabama, during the trial of Tommy Lee Hines. Triolo, Tony
fulltopic	Photographs Wilkinson, Bill; Ku Klux Klan (1915-); Anti-civil rights demonstrations; Journalists; Motion picture cameras; White supremacy movements; Cullman (Ala.); Cullman County (Ala.)
description	Wilkinson had come to Cullman from his home in Louisiana to lead a Klan demonstration during the trial. Tommy Lee Hines, a 26-year old man who was said to have the mind of a 6-year-old child, had been charged with raping three white women in Decatur. Because his lawyer argued that he could not get a fair trial in Morgan County, it was moved to Cullman, where an all-white jury convicted him of one rape and sentenced him to thirty years in prison. Two years later, a different jury found him mentally incompetent to stand trial, and he was transferred to Partlow State School and Hospital in Tuscaloosa, where he stayed for more than a decade.
spelling	HT0002458_12HT0002458Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, being interviewed by reporters outside the courthouse in Cullman, Alabama, during the trial of Tommy Lee Hines.Wilkinson had come to Cullman from his home in Louisiana to lead a Klan demonstration during the trial. Tommy Lee Hines, a 26-year old man who was said to have the mind of a 6-year-old child, had been charged with raping three white women in Decatur. Because his lawyer argued that he could not get a fair trial in Morgan County, it was moved to Cullman, where an all-white jury convicted him of one rape and sentenced him to thirty years in prison. Two years later, a different jury found him mentally incompetent to stand trial, and he was transferred to Partlow State School and Hospital in Tuscaloosa, where he stayed for more than a decade.1978-10-031970-1979Triolo, TonyHuntsville Times002630Wilkinson, Bill; Ku Klux Klan (1915-); Anti-civil rights demonstrations; Journalists; Motion picture cameras; White supremacy movements; Cullman (Ala.); Cullman County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives4000 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/124832
title	Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, being interviewed by reporters outside the courthouse in Cullman, Alabama, during the trial of Tommy Lee Hines.
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Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, being interviewed by reporters outside the courthouse in Cullman, Alabama, during the trial of Tommy Lee Hines.

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