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Encyclopedia > Black Legion (murder cult)

The Black Legion was an offshoot organization of the Ku Klux Klan and operated in the midwestern United States in the 1930's. The organization was founded by William Shepard. [1] The group's total membership was estimated between 20,000 and 30,000, centered in Detroit, Michigan. The Black Legion was also the name of a 1937 Humphrey Bogart film, featuring a fictionalized version of the group. Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the territorial city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Michigan Founded  -Incorporated July 24, 1701 1816  County Wayne County Mayor Kwame... Humphrey Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. ...


Members wore black uniforms with skull and crossbones insignia and were allegedly responsible for numerous murders of alleged communists and socialists, notably Earl Little, Malcolm X's father. A skull and crossbones is a symbol consisting of a human skull and two bones crossed together under the skull. ... It has been suggested that Attillah Shabazz be merged into this article or section. ...


The Black Legion is also the anglicized name of the "Crna Legija", also known as the 1st Ustashe Regiment, formed in Sarajevo by Major Jure Francetic in September of 1941. They were so named beause they wore black uniforms rather than the usual tan Ustashe uniforms. [2] It was the most successful and most notorious of the Axis Powers aligned Croatian anti-Partisan units. The Black Legion operated in eastern Bosnia until September of 1942, when it was disbanded. [3] Sarajevo at night. ... Jure Francetić was a member of the Croatian World War II regime the Ustaše, the commander of Battle group Francetić better known as Black Legion (Crna Legija) and later commander of all brigades of Ustaše army (Ustaška vojnica). ... The Ustaše (often spelled Ustashe in English; singular Ustaša or Ustasha) was a Croatian right-wing organisation put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers in 1941. ... The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed to the Allies. ...


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Black Legion (political movement) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (200 words)
The Black Legion was an additional organization within the Ku Klux Klan and operated in the midwestern United States in the 1930s.
The Black Legion was also the name of a 1937 Humphrey Bogart film, featuring a fictionalized version of the group.
Members wore fl uniforms with skull and crossbones insignia and were allegedly responsible for numerous murders of alleged communists and socialists, notably Earl Little, Malcolm X's father.
Black Legion American Terrorists (1278 words)
The Black Legion by FBI accounts was a white cult organization that operated in the mid-west during the 1930’s supposedly to protect America from such things as Communism.
The Black Legion of hoodlums, thugs, murderers, and some politicians seeking advancement, dress themselves in fl robes, decorated with the pirate's symbol of the skull and crossbones, and feel that they are all powerful, recognizing no law save their own.
This fast-paced, fl and white tale of moral decay and redemption is based on the true story of the Black Legion's condemnable actions in Michigan in the 1930s.
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