Aren't You Worried?

21. Jerry Ray James & Donald Eugene Sparks


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Did you know that there was a southern gang that acted as the muscle for the Ku Klux Klan in the Jim Crow South? Enter... the Dixie Mafia, including members Jerry Ray James and Donald Eugene Sparks.

Sources (some are old-timey and don’t have bylines):

  • Hobbs Daily News-Sun (Hobbs, New Mexico): “Two Former Hobbsans on FBI’s List”
  • The Daily Standard (Sikeston, Missouri): “Jerry Ray James, Gang Leader, Joins FBI List”
  • Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas): “Abilenian on FBI’s Top 10 List Nabbed” 
  • Texarkana Gazette: “Dixie Mafia” by Russell McDermott
  • Crime Reads: “The Dixie Mafia’s Plot to Kill Martin Luther King Jr.” by Stuart Wexler and Larry Hancock
  • Truthout: “The Targeting of Martin Luther King Jr.” by Stuart Wexler and Larry Hancock (excerpt from their book called The Awful Grace of God)
  • Southern Livestock: “Texas Trails” by Clay Coppedge
  • Austin American-Statesmen: “After snitching, ex-Austin gangster collected reward money, vanished” by Eric Dexheimer
  • Crime Capsule: “Cracking Safes with the Austin Mafia” by Crime Capsule staff
  • United States v. Jerry Ray James et al
  • Jerry Ray James et al v. State of Texas
  • Wikipedia

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