Robert Shelton

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Robert M. Shelton

Robert M. Shelton (1929-2003) was a B.F. Goodrich executive and the former Imperial Wizard of the United Klans of America. In 1966 he was sentenced to one year in prison and a fined $1,000 for contempt of Congress in falling to turn over the Klan’s membership list to the House Un-American Activities Committee. He served nine months of the one year sentence and was released in January 1970.

Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1929, Shelton attended one year at University of Alabama and later served in the United States Air Force. After his service with the Air Force he returned to Tuscaloosa, got married and began his career with the tire company B.F. Goodrich. He had an important sales position with Goodrich, but was later fired for his Klan activities.

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