Robert Echols Scoggin was born in North Carolina in 1922. His family moved to Spartanburg, S.C. early in his life, where he lived for the rest of his life, except for the years of his service in the Navy during WWII. In the 1950s, Scoggin, disappointed with the changes taking place in American society, joined the KKK, using it as a venue for publicizing his opinions and agenda. Because of his charismatic personality and ability as an organizer, he ascended the ranks quickly, becoming grand dragon of the South Carolina Klan in 1962. By the late 1960s his relationship with the national leadership of the United Klans of America, Inc. began to deteriorate. Scoggin and a few other members of the Klan were imprisoned on a contempt of Congress charge. Soon after his release from prison, the Klan banished him from the UKA in early 1970. Scoggin re-incorporated the invisible Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (a different organization) soon thereafter and retained most of his followers. He resigned his position as grand dragon a few years later because of his wife's failing health, but remained active in the Klan until his death in 2002.
From the description of Papers, 1900-2003 1950-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74471462
