Known For
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Gender
Male
Birthday
June 12, 1929
Died
March 17, 2003
Age
73
Place of Birth
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Popularity
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Robert M. Shelton
Acting
Biography
Robert Marvin Shelton (June 12, 1929 - March 17, 2003) was a former car-tire salesman and printer who became nationally famous as the Imperial Wizard of United Klans of America (UKA), a Ku Klux Klan group. Shelton was a factory worker and a car-tire salesman. He also owned a printing business, with an office on Union Boulevard. In the late 1960s, Shelton ran for Police Commissioner in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He finished in fifth place. Shelton served as the UKA leader starting in 1961, which peaked with an estimated 30,000 members. In 1966 Shelton received a year in prison and $1,000 fine for con…
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Robert Marvin Shelton
