The Fiery Cross was published by the United Klans of America, a white-supremacist group headquartered in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, [1] mainly to attract the attention of "on-the-low" Whites, allowing them to be connected with the Klan without fear of others knowing they themselves are members. [2] It was published between July 1922 and February 1925 [3] in Swartz, Louisiana.