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William Branham's first pastor, [[Roy Davis#Roy Davis and the KKK|Roy Davis, had significant ties with the KKK]] and William Branham also indicated that when he was a boy, the KKK paid his hospital bill (see quotes below).
William Branham's first pastor, [[Roy Davis#Roy Davis and the KKK|Roy Davis, had significant ties with the KKK]] and William Branham also indicated that when he was a boy, the KKK paid his hospital bill (see quotes below).


William Branham also appears to have sided with George Wallace, the governor of Alabama who stated:
William Branham also clearly sided with George Wallace, the governor of Alabama in 1963, who stated:


:''The President (John F. Kennedy) wants us to surrender this state to Martin Luther King and his group of pro-communists who have instituted these demonstrations."<ref>Alabama Governor George Wallace, public statement of May 8, 1963 in The New York Times. (May 9, 1963).</ref>
:''The President (John F. Kennedy) wants us to surrender this state to Martin Luther King and his group of pro-communists who have instituted these demonstrations."<ref>Alabama Governor George Wallace, public statement of May 8, 1963 in The New York Times. (May 9, 1963).</ref>