0 s . ▁Despite ▁the ▁group ' s ▁brief ▁lif es pan , ▁it ▁left ▁its ▁mark ▁with ▁a ▁violent ▁record , ▁including ▁an ▁assault ▁on ▁Nat ▁King ▁Cole , ▁participation ▁in ▁a ▁ri ot ▁in ▁Cl inton , ▁Tennessee , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁documented ▁cases ▁of ▁cas tr ation ▁by ▁the ▁K lan . ▁ ▁Orig ins ▁▁ ▁The ▁group ▁began ▁as ▁the ▁North ▁Alabama ▁Cit iz ens ▁Council , ▁which ▁broke ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁Cit iz ens ' ▁Coun c ils ▁of ▁America ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁The ▁new ▁organization ▁was ▁based ▁in ▁B irmingham , ▁while ▁the ▁main stream ▁group ▁was ▁head qu arter ed ▁in ▁Mont gom ery ▁and ▁led ▁by ▁State ▁Senator ▁Sam ▁Eng le hart . ▁The ▁split ▁apparently ▁centered ▁around ▁the ▁B irmingham ▁group ' s ▁em brace ▁of ▁ant is emit ism ▁and ▁ex clusion ▁of ▁Jews ▁from ▁membership , ▁while ▁the ▁Mont gom ery ▁fa ction ▁prof essed ▁no ▁other ▁aim ▁than ▁the ▁defense ▁of ▁seg reg ation . ▁Carter ▁also ▁ins isted ▁that ▁" the ▁mountain ▁people ▁– ▁the ▁real ▁red ne ck ▁– ▁is ▁our ▁strength ". ▁ ▁Rock ▁music ▁and ▁Cole ▁assault ▁▁ ▁The ▁group ▁had ▁a ▁particular ▁dis d ain ▁for ▁black ▁music ▁and ▁rock ' n ' roll , ▁campaign ing ▁for ▁boy cot ts ▁of ▁black ▁sing ers ▁and ▁the ▁removal ▁of ▁rock ' n ' roll ▁records ▁from ▁local ▁ju ke ▁boxes . ▁A ▁sign ▁outside ▁Car ters ▁office ▁proc laimed