Posts Tagged ‘KKK’
His Father Bankrupted the Klan. Now He’s Going to Congress to Continue the Fight.
Though Democrats will be in the minority in the House, Shomari Figures says that his mission, including healthcare and voting, hasn’t changed.
Read MoreThe two forgotten Black boys who died the day of the Birmingham church bombing
Racial violence continued to haunt the location community after the bombing of a Birmingham was followed by other murders.
Read MoreAlabama sidesteps compensation for survivor of ’63 KKK blast
After the KKK bombed a Baptist church in Birmingham in 1963, Sarah Collins Rudolph lost her eye and sister. Yet her trauma remains ignored.
Read MoreWho Is Patriot Front And Why Are Folks Calling Them The ‘New Klan?’
White supremacy is alive and well, and it was recently on display for all to see as Patriot Front marched through Boston.
Read MoreAlabama State strips name of Klan member from dorm, renames it for boycott leader
Jo Ann Robinson had worked to change the segregated bus system in Montgomery before the arrest of Rosa Parks, now this Alabama dorm named for a Klan member honors her instead.
Read MoreNY Democrat apologizes after comparing Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton to KKK leader
NY Democrat apologizes after comparing Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton to KKK.
Read MoreJason Reynolds: ‘Snoop Dogg once told white folks: ‘I know you hate me. But your kids don’t.’ That’s how I feel
America’s ambassador for young people’s literature talks about touring Trump country, facing down racism and why there’s no such thing as a bad kid.
Read MoreHow the Charlottesville Rally, the Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Plot, Etc. Underscore the Threat of Far-Right Extremists
A panel of experts warns that Charlottesville was not an isolated or unplanned spontaneous incident, but a harbinger of much organized white supremacist terror to come.
Read MoreReggie Jackson: Why the bully in Blackface never really has to apologize
Those who use blackface and feign ignorance of are guilty of bullying. Such bullying indicates a total disregard for the feelings of African Americans and the sometimes violent consequences of such actions.
Read More‘I thought it was very nice’: VA official showcased portrait of KKK’s first grand wizard
David J. Thomas Sr. removed painting from his office after learning that its subject, Nathan Bedford Forrest, was a Confederate general and slave trader who was later the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard. Racial tensions have flared between Thomas and several of his employees, at least three of whom have pending claims of racial discrimination against him.
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