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Tag Archives: Ku Klux Klan
Free Speech: A Reminder From Russia of How Precious It Is
We canβt let our revulsion for hateful ideas get in the way.
University of Alabama Removes Klan Leaderβs Name From Building
During a special meeting on Friday, the board of trustees unanimously voted to rename Lucy-Graves Hall solely after Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black person to attend the school in 1956.
An Alabama Building Honors a Klan Leader. Officials Are Adding a Black Studentβs Name.
The decision to rename the building drew a backlash from some at the University of Alabama who called it a βcowardly compromise.β
Rittenhouse and the Rightβs White Vigilante Heroes
The great threat is that there are young men out there who watched the verdict and now want to follow Rittenhouseβs lead.
Black Officer Who Was Given K.K.K. Sign by Chief Files Civil Rights Complaint
The episode on June 25 was captured in a surveillance video obtained by lawyers for Keith Pool, the first Black police officer in Sheffield Lake, Ohio.
Fredric March’s Misguided Antiracist βReckoningβ at the University of Wisconsin
How the University of Wisconsin got it wrong with a once-treasured, Oscar-winning alumnus.
After the Storm, Philip Guston for Real
Compensating for a postponed museum retrospective, an exciting gallery show revisits the painterβs late figurative style.
From βKu Kluxismβ to Trumpism
Many of the Klanβs tactics are still being used to preserve white supremacy and subjugate racial, ethnic and religious minorities in United States.Β
Learning From Daryl Davis, a Black Man Who Converts KKK Members
Thereβs something to be said for talking, and listening, to evenΒ unreasonable antagonists.
John M. Patterson, Segregationist Alabama Governor, Dies at 99
He welcomed the Klan and refused to integrate schools, forging a path that would be followed by Gov. George C. Wallace.
The Remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest Are Being Exhumed in Memphis
The remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a slave trader and leader of the Ku Klux Klan, will be moved from Memphis to a Confederate museum 200 miles away.
Whatβs on TV This Week: βHemingwayβ and βThe People v. the Klanβ
Lynn Novick and Ken Burns revisit the life of Ernest Hemingway on PBS. And a documentary about a civil suit against the Ku Klux Klan airs on CNN.
Using an Anti-Klan Law Against Trumpβs Clan
The recent federal lawsuit against Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani is forcing us into a much-needed history lesson.
N.A.A.C.P. Sues Trump and Giuliani Over Election Fight and Jan. 6 Riot
The civil rights group brought the suit on behalf of Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, with other Democrats in Congress expected to join as plaintiffs.
K.K.K. Member Who Drove Into Protesters Gets More Than 3 Years in Prison
When Harry H. Roger drove his pickup truck through protesters near Richmond, Va., his girlfriendβs 14-year-old son was in the vehicle with him, prosecutors said.
A Century Ago, White Protestant Extremism Marched on Washington
Kelly J. Baker is a writer and scholar of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. She sees frightening similarities between that culture and the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Tom Metzger, Notorious White Supremacist, Dies at 82
Mr. Metzger, a former Klansman and the founder of the White Aryan Resistance, was one of the most influential leaders of the white power movement.
βVile, Racist Postingsβ by N.Y. Court Officers Included Obama in a Noose
A new report found pervasive examples of racial bias β some explicit, some subtle β in New York Stateβs court system.
Delay of Philip Guston Retrospective Divides the Art World
βPhilip Guston Nowβ has become Philip Guston in 2024, after four museums postponed an artistβs show that includes Klan imagery.
Victim in 1963 Alabama Church Bombing Seeks State Restitution
Sarah Collins Rudolph lost her right eye at age 12 when a bomb went off at the 16th Street Baptist Church and killed four Black girls, including her sister.
The Massacre That Emboldened White Supremacists
The 1873 murders of dozens of former slaves in a flyspeck Louisiana town still reverberate.
Virginia Man Who Drove Into Protesters Gets 6 Years in Prison
Harry H. Rogers, who prosecutors say is an admitted K.K.K. leader, faces three additional counts of attempted malicious wounding, a felony.
Lincoln Library Cancels Exhibition Over Racial Sensitivity Concerns
The library, in Springfield, Ill., said Black community leaders who previewed it feared parts of the traveling exhibition, created 15 years ago, were outdated and lacked context.
βLife of a Klansmanβ Tells Ugly Truths About America, Past and Present
In his latest book, Edward Ball retraces an ancestorβs involvement with the Ku Klux Klan in order to shed light on the countryβs legacy of white supremacy.
The Radical Resistance of John Lewis
Willingness to risk his life for civil rights was essential to the quest for justice.
Rename theMilitary Bases That Honor Confederates
The military should rechristen bases named for Confederates. Better options are not hard to find.
The Tulsa Race Massacre, Revisited
Nearly a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre, the search for the dead continues.
Petition Calls for Dolly Parton to Replace Confederate Statues
A petition is calling for Tennessee to replace statues and memorials of Confederate generals with the trailblazing performer.
An Insatiable Rage
It is an everyday struggle to neither fall into despair nor explode in anger.
Man Who Drove Into Protesters Said He Was a K.K.K. Leader, Prosecutors Say
Harry H. Rogers drove into a group of demonstrators near Richmond, Va., on Sunday, the authorities said. The county prosecutor called him βan admitted leader of the Ku Klux Klan.β
Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy?
It is time to rename bases for American heroes β not racist traitors.