Charles Manson was the sole leader of what became known as the Manson Family.
 A white supremacist, Manson told some of the Manson Family that Black people in America would rise up and kill all white people except for Manson and his "Family", but that they were not intelligent enough to survive on their own; they would need a white man to lead them, and so they would serve Manson as their "master"
On July 24, 1970  the first day of testimony  Manson appeared in court with an "X" carved into his forehead

