Evans joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1920, leaving his dental practice to dedicate all his time to the group; imagined as a continuation of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Klan of the late 19th century, the group had been established five years previously.
Evans joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1920, leaving his dental practice to dedicate all his time to the group. Conceived by its founders as a continuation of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Klan of the late 19th century, the group had been established in Atlanta five years previously.