Daniel Carver is an American white supremacist[1] and former Grand Dragon of the "Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan" based in Georgia.[2][3] Carver was suspended from wearing Klan robes and from attending Klan rallies after a 1986 conviction for "terroristic threats".[4]
In October 1987 he was sued for violating the civil rights of others in Forsyth County, Georgia, after interfering in the "Brotherhood March" celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He and several other members of two Ku Klux Klan groups threw bottles and rocks at the marchers, and encouraged other crowd members to follow suit. Fines of around $940,000 were issued;[1] the Invisible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan were fined $400,000 and he personally was ordered to pay $30,000 in punitive damages to the marchers.[5]
Daniel Carver was a frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show and a former member of the show's Wack Pack.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Applebome, Peter (23 December 1989). "Atlanta in Contrast: Civil Rights and Racial Hate". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ Walburn, Lee (1987-03-12). "THE KLAN : THEN AND NOW - Drawn by history, frustrated by reality". The Atlanta Journal. pp. D/1.
- ^ Williams v. Southern White Knights, et al. (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 1987-02-24), Text.
- ^ Walburn, Lee (1987-03-13). "Passing torch of white supremacy - New generation perpetuating Klan 's tenets". The Atlanta Journal. pp. C/1.
- ^ "Two Ku Klux Klan factions and 11 individuals were..." United Press Archives. 25 October 1988. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "Sixteen People In Howard Stern's Universe, From Robin Quivers to Crackhead Bob". Rolling Stone. March 16, 2011. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017.