Harry William Pyle
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Harry William Pyle (seated) hands a petition to Memphis Park Commission chairman John Vesey in support of continuing racial segregation at a local park. Members of Pyle’s organization Pro-Southerners look on.
Harry William Pyle, Sr. (January 10, 1880 - February 28, 1957) was the leader of the 1950s segregationist group Pro-Southerners. He was the publisher of The Political Reporter which appeared in 1954. [1]
In 1916 he joined the Ku Klux Klan in Kentucky.[1] In the 1930s Harry Pyle organized a group in Memphis called the Loyal Order of Americans. He was once author of a joke book.[2]
