--- title: KKK Reboots as Frazier Glenn Cross Charged in Kansas Shooting description: As Frazier Glenn Cross, a former Klan leader, is charged with murder for shootings at two Jewish community centers near Kansas City, the frayed white-supremacy group is trying to attract new members canonical: https://time.com/63284/kkk-kansas-city-shooting-frazier-glenn-cross/ author: Josh Sanburn article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-15T21:07:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:01:25.534Z article:section: U.S. og:title: KKK Reboots as Frazier Glenn Cross Charged in Kansas Shooting og:description: As Frazier Glenn Cross, a former Klan leader, is charged with murder for shootings at two Jewish community centers near Kansas City, the frayed white-supremacy group is trying to attract new members og:url: https://time.com/63284/kkk-kansas-city-shooting-frazier-glenn-cross/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt548a321532a76061/69868ad906f2c1247932e688/frazier-glenn-cross-kkk1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2306 og:image:height: 1297 og:image:alt: Frazier Glenn Cross, Jr., also known as F. 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TIME Explains [Watch (HLS stream): What Is The KKK Doing These Days? TIME Explains](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nMXtVBEL.m3u8) (4:45)  _Published 2014-04-17. A recent shooting rampage outside two Jewish community centers has shed light on the fact that the frayed white-supremacy group is still trying to attract new members_ by [Josh Sanburn](https://time.com/author/josh-sanburn/) ## Josh Sanburn Apr 15, 2014 9:07 PM UTC  Frazier Glenn Cross, Jr., also known as F. Glenn Miller, appears at his arraignment on capital murder and first-degree murder charges at the Fred Allenbrand Criminal Justice Complex Adult Detention Center in New Century, Kans., on April 15, 2014. Frazier Glenn Cross, Jr., also known as F. Glenn Miller, appears at his arraignment on capital murder and first-degree murder charges at the Fred Allenbrand Criminal Justice Complex Adult Detention Center in New Century, Kans., on April 15, 2014. David Eulitt—The Kansas City Star/Reuters by [Josh Sanburn](https://time.com/author/josh-sanburn/) ## Josh Sanburn Apr 15, 2014 9:07 PM UTC The Ku Klux Klan was once a major force in America, with a membership of nearly 4 million that regularly included mayors, chiefs of police and other grandees of segregated regions, especially in the South and the Midwest. It’s been decades since the Klan held that sort of mainstream sway, but Sunday’s deadly rampage at two Jewish community facilities in Overland Park, Kans., serves as a reminder that the nation’s best-known white-supremacy organization has not completely disappeared. Frazier Glenn Cross, who was charged with murder on Tuesday for the shooting death of three people in the Kansas City suburb, is a prominent white supremacist whose long résumé in the movement included founding the Carolina Knights of the KKK. Those sorts of regional groups are the basis of the current Klan, which exists only as a decentralized collection of dozens of regional organizations devoted to white nationalism. The total membership is between 5,000 and 8,000, a fraction of its peak, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which tracks hate groups. “The Klan has become marginalized, even among more mainstream racist groups,” says Paul Ortiz, a professor of history at the University of Florida. “The organization itself is a hodgepodge. It’s no longer a mass movement. There’s no nationally recognized leader, and even the language is much more splintered.” Even Klan leaders recognize the changed landscape. “I like to think I’m in charge,” says Thomas Robb, the national director for the Knights of the KKK, which was founded by the politician David Duke. “You know how that goes, though.” As the Klan has become more diffuse, many of the splinter chapters are working hard to bolster their ranks. On April 18, the KKKK, an Arkansas-based branch, plans to launch an online radio station featuring a 24/7 stream of Klan news, updates of classic radio segments and children’s programs. The Maryland-based Confederate White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan recently held a rally on the battlefield at Gettysburg to capitalize on the attention generated by 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s famous address. In North Carolina, the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan — the group that was reconstituted from the now defunct Carolina Knights of the KKK founded by Cross — has spent the past few months distributing flyers with messages like “The KKK Wants You!” in parts of Florida, Louisiana, Ohio, Texas and Virginia. The aim of all these efforts is to enlist new devotees to the cause of what they call “white genocide,” a catchall term for the belief that white Christians are being cast to the margins of American society. Robert Jones, the imperial klaliff of the Loyal White Knights, says the organization has tripled in size since President Obama’s election, though he would not divulge membership totals. That growth is consistent with the uptick in hate groups around the nation, which the SPLC estimates has risen from 602 in 2000 to 939 in 2013\. Heidi Beirich, who leads SPLC’s Intelligence Project, says the higher numbers can be traced directly to the 2000 U.S. Census showing that the country would become a majority minority nation by 2043\. “They started freaking out,” she says of white-supremacy organizations. Jones says he kept in touch with Cross and described him as a “good Christian man who spoke out for what he believes in.” He says they last spoke a couple of months ago. “I think he’s just fed up with the way the world’s going. I can see why he is the way he is to an extent. A lot of white people are getting fed up with what people are doing.” Other Klan leaders were quick to distance their groups from Cross. “He had no credibility in the white-nationalist movement,” says Robb. “There are people who use the name Klan, put on a Klan robe, put some crazy thing on YouTube and say they’re going to exterminate all non-whites. That becomes a statement from the Klan. It’s not. It’s some loser that lives in a little world of Hatesville.” Robb has led an effort to soften the Klan’s image, changing the name of the organization’s top position from “imperial wizard” to “national director” and requiring members to wear business suits instead of the trademark white robes at Klan functions and public rallies. The Montana-based United Klans of America recently tried a similar tack when it met with the NAACP, likely the first between the two organizations. The Klan’s messaging may have changed, but experts say the substance remains the same. “For the most part, they still have nasty websites. They still preach hate about immigrants. They still preach hate about black folks. It’s basically a bunch of squabbling, infighting factions who don’t like each other,” says the SPLC’s Beirich. “Some groups do try to position themselves to say they’re just fighting for white rights, that they’re not racist. But that’s absurd. It’s just racism dressed up in a new language.” ## Transcript Recently a man named Frazier Glenn Cross also known as Glenn Miller was arrested for killing three people at two Jewish sites in Kansas City. Back in the 1980s, Cross was a prominent member of the Klu Klux Klan and founded a chapter in North Carolina. Cross' arrest put the spotlight on the KKK, a group that often times people don't hear about much anymore, but there are still dozens of organizations and branches around the country, several of which are still active. The Ku Klux Klan has been around since the late 19th century. And it was at its height around the 1920s, when about 4 million members were a part of the Klan. [ MUSIC ] At its height in 1925 there was a march on Washington. The KKK once garnered support from mayors and city councilmen and local officials. And many of them were in the KKK and had no problems with it because the group was popular and was a part of the mainstream. Historians often point to two incidents that they attribute to the decline of the KKK. The first was in the 1940s. Those behind the Superman radio series were essentially looking for a new villain, and they decided the KKK would be a great villain for Superman to fight. Look up in the sky. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman! That actually led to some problems with the KKK, that they started becoming viewed not as a mainstream organization, but more as an evil villain that fought Superman. And that actually hurt the KKK's recruiting. It was negative publicity for them. About 20 years later, during the civil rights movement this plan, the KKK truly became a fringe movement, and started working on the outsides of the mainstream and it was no longer considered a, a mainstream group in the US. In 2000, the US Census reported that the country would soon be majority minority. Meaning that whites would no longer be the majority in the US. That was the beginning of a rise in hate groups around the country. In 2000, there were roughly 600 hate groups according to the Southern Poverty Loss Center. And the last year in 2013, there were more than 900. Experts often cite the presidency of Barack Obama as another reason why hate groups around the US are, are still around. And, and some are even thriving. Today there are roughly 5000 to 8000 members of the Ku Klux Klan. And about 160 chapters around the country. Today the KKK has no national leadership. Its often just a bunch of different groups that are squabbling and fighting and often hate each other. The ideology is the same. It's still a white supremacist organization but the increased diversity in the US is what's really driving these hate groups today. They perceive a US that is different from the one they grew up in, and they are trying to change that. Some groups are trying to get back into the mainstream, so there are a few chapters that have decided to get rid of the notorious robes, they're now wearing business suits. Some have even met with the NAACP. One chapter, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are starting a radio station. It'll be all KKK, all the time. Another branch in North Carolina has recently been peppering neighborhoods with fliers, trying to recruit. They're based in North Carolina but they've been sending fliers out to Virginia, Texas, Illinois, and a couple other states. In my reporting I talked to Thomas Rob, who calls himself the national director of the Knights of the KKK. He told me he likes to think of himself as the national leader. Sort of the national spokesperson. When he took over this branch, he changed his title from Imperial Wizard to National Director. He is one of the guys who is trying to bring the KKK a bit away from the more fringe elements, and is trying to get at least his branch into the mainstream a bit. The KKK is just a shadow of what it used to be. But its ideology remains, it still preaches hate. The thing is, it doesn't have the kind of political power it once did. It doesn't appear the KKK is really going anywhere, considering the fact that the number of hate groups over the last decade has actually increased. 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