Thom Robb
Early life
Thomas Arthur Robb was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He attended college in Colorado.
Thom Robb
Thomas Arthur Robb (born October 13, 1946) is an American white supremacist and Christian Identity pastor. He is the current Grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, also known as the Knights Party, taking control of the organization since 1989.
Christian Identity and Klan activities
In 1989, Robb took over the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, originally led by David Duke. In a bid to gain mainstream acceptance, he took the title of "National Director" instead of the title of "Imperial Wizard", and he chose to rename the organization "The Knights Party". He also decided to accept members via mail-in forms, rather than through initiation rites that had been common Klan practice in the past. Robb defends the Klan as a harmless organization, claiming that it is "gentle, upbeat, and friendly"; when he was featured in the PBS documentary Banished, Robb compared a Klan hood to a businessman's tie, claiming that "it's just tradition".
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