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• SOURCE: Jacobin
  7/27/2021
  

  The KKK was also a Bosses' Organization

  by Chad Pearson

  While the membership of the Reconstruction-era Klan was broad, its leadership was drawn from the Southern elite, whose vision of white supremacy was inseparable from the exploitation of Black labor. 

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• SOURCE: The Week
  7/12/2021
  

  Remembering Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, and his Merciless Roasting of David Duke

  Edwin Edwards saved the state of Louisiana by attacking Duke as a hateful bigot, winning office despite a record of corruption. 

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• SOURCE: Harvard Crimson
  3/25/2021
  

  The Crimson Klan

  Harvard's administration treated the burning of a cross on Harvard Yard in 1952 as a "prank" and threatened Black students with disciplinary action if they described the incident to the press. A student journalist's research shows that the incident was not out of step with the university's practices in the 20th century. 

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• SOURCE: National Geographic
  3/22/2021
  

  This U.S. Governor was Impeached—For Cracking Down on the KKK

  Governor William Woods Holden responded to a brazen campaign of KKK terrorism with a declaration of martial law in two North Carolina counties. The backlash led to his impeachment. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/4/2021
  

  What the Policing Response to the KKK in the 1960s Can Teach about Dismantling White Supremacist Groups Today

  by David Cunningham

  If history is a guide, providing police with new tools to address current white nationalist threats could result in further repression of activists of color.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/7/2021
  

  A Century Ago, White Protestant Extremism Marched on Washington

  "There still has to be a reckoning within white Christian churches about white supremacy. There need to be very careful conversations about this, not as, 'Individuals are prejudiced,' but about, 'This is the system that we all inhabit'."

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• SOURCE: Vox
  1/14/2021
  

  What the History of the Ku Klux Klan Can Teach Us about the Capitol Riot

  Historian Linda Gordon urges readers to recognize that the Klan has always drawn from "respectable" members of white society, giving it a dangerous ability to claim to represent real American values.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  9/20/2020
  

  Canadian Viewers of HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Should Know the KKK Helped Bring Down a Provincial Government in 1929

  by James M. Pitsula

  The Ku Klux Klan was active in 1920s Canada, pushing a nativist agenda similar to its contemporaries in the northern United States.

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• SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune
  8/26/2020
  

  What A 1924 KKK Gathering in Tacoma Tells us about White Nationalism in the U.S. Today

  Managing director of the Tacoma Historical Society Michael Lafreniere never expected to unearth a glimpse into the Klan’s history in Washington state, and more particularly Tacoma.

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• SOURCE: Business Insider
  7/31/2020
  

  Twitter Has Shut Down Former KKK Leader David Duke's Account

  A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the suspension saying the account has been "permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/28/2020
  

  As John Lewis was Honored in Alabama, a State GOP Legislator Celebrated a KKK Leader’s Birthday

  The lawmaker — who is a chaplain for the Prattville Dragoons, a chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans — attributed the intense blowback he’s facing to “anti-Southern sentiment” amid the country’s ongoing racial reckoning.

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• SOURCE: New York Daily News
  7/19/2020
  

  Petition Calls for Selma Bridge To Be Named After John Lewis

  Advocates for the name change include filmmaker Ava DuVernay and South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  6/22/2020
  

  When the KKK Played Against an All-Black Baseball Team

  by John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro

  For the white-robed, playing a black team was a gift-wrapped photo op, a chance to show that the Klan was part of the local community—even the black citizens.

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• SOURCE: Slate
  6/17/2020
  

  David Duke’s Twisted Take on the Civil Rights Movement

  He wore a suit, went on talk shows, and tried to mimic the push for black civil rights.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/28/19
  

  Want to unify the country? A community organizer and a Klan leader showed us how.

  by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

  In the midst of the identity crisis we face as a nation, the organizing tradition that Ann Atwater embodied is the strong medicine we need.

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• SOURCE: NECN
  12-3-2018
  

  Teacher Suspended as NH School Investigates Video of Students Singing KKK Jingle

  Chloe Harris (pictured) says she recorded video of the Dover High School incident because she wasn’t sure anyone would believe what happened in class.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-23-18
  

  VA official showcased portrait of KKK’s first grand wizard

  A senior official at the Department of Veterans Affairs said he removed a portrait of the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard from his Washington, D.C., office after offended employees began signing a petition to present to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  9-28-18
  

  The Deadliest Massacre in Reconstruction-Era Louisiana Happened 150 Years Ago

  In September 1868, Southern white Democrats hunted down around 200 African-Americans in an effort to suppress voter turnout.

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• SOURCE: AJC.com
  8-6-18
  

  Georgia women’s college quietly drops class names tied to Klan history

  Wesleyan College officials announced they are abolishing Wesleyan’s use of its four class names over concerns they link directly back to the most menacing parts of the institution’s history.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-24-18
  

  Family History Haunts G.O.P. Candidate for Governor in Colorado

  The Stapleton neighborhood in Denver, Colo., takes its name from Benjamin Stapleton, a member of the Ku Klux Klan who served as Denver’s mayor for five terms. Stapleton’s great-grandson, Walker Stapleton, is the Republican candidate for governor.