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White Supremacist Sees Struggle In Sheriff Race

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

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By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho, May 15 (Reuters) - A white supremacist who ran a long-shot campaign for sheriff in Idaho was trailin...

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Idaho's Lone Black Lawmaker Receives KKK Mailing

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

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BOISE, Idaho — Idaho's only black lawmaker said she received a direct mailing from the Ku Klux Klan that has bolstered her resolve to fight prej...

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Flier Of Superintendent In KKK Robe Sparks Outcry Amid School Closure Debate

Posted 04.07.2012

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From a contentious school redistricting debate among Atlanta Public Schools has emerged an even more controversial flier that depicts APS Superintende...

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Alleged Ohio KKK Member Arrested For Threatening Black Man

Reuters | Posted 05.28.2012

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By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, March 28 (Reuters) - A man wearing Ku Klux Klan clothing was arrested in the small community of Mount Victory...

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KKK Member Running For Local Sheriff

AP | Posted 03.19.2012

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SANDPOINT, Idaho -- A white supremacist in northern Idaho wants to be the next Bonner County sheriff, saying federal overreach motivated him to run fo...

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School Officials Apologize For 'KKK Chicken Tenders' On School Lunch Menu

Posted 02.29.2012

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METHUEN, Mass. — School officials in a Massachusetts town are apologizing for sending home a lunch menu that listed KKK Chicken Tenders as an option...

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Rex Sinquefield Apologizes For Comment Linking Schools With KKK

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.13.2012

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After sparking controversy by quoting a former judge who stated the Klu Klux Klan designed the American public school system to hurt African-Americans...

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Billionaire Links KKK With Public Education

Randy Turner | Posted 04.13.2012

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In the middle of a speech in which he demanded an end to teacher tenure, retired billionaire Rex Sinquefield unleashed the following bombshell: The K...

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WATCH: Black Baby Doll Hanging From Noose Found On NYC Parks Department Headquarters

wpix.com | Posted 12.22.2011

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The New York City Parks and Recreation Department is under investigation after a 60-year-old African American employee found a black baby doll hanging...

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Black History Museum Accepts KKK Robes

AP | Posted 11.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired two Ku Klux Klan robes that will be exhibited in ...

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Racism Is Fueled By Fear

Catherine Meeks, Ph.D. | Posted 12.05.2011

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Fear is immobilizing and it keeps us separated. Our "them and us" mentality has no place in a country that is working to be a democracy, and it certainly has no place in our communities of faith.

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Ku Klux Klan 'Buster' Dies At 94

AP | TERRY SPENCER | Posted 10.27.2011

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MIAMI — Author and folklorist Stetson Kennedy, who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan six decades ago and exposed its secrets to authorities and the p...

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Klansman Who Almost Got Away With Murder Dies in Prison

Mark Potok | Posted 10.03.2011

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James Ford Seale, a long-time member of the Ku Klux Klan who very nearly got away with murder, has died after serving less than four years of three life sentences for the 1964 murders of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, both 19.

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Is The KKK Trying To 'Re-Brand' Itself?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.06.2011

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At the Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, a handful of picketers from controversial hate group the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) were siphon...

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Black Man Allegedly Sent 'KKK Warning' To City Officials

Posted 06.10.2011

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A black man in southern Illinois has been charged with conveying false threats to city officials, for allegedly penning letters signed as "KKK warning...

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The Alternate Ending to My Congressional Correspondents Dinner Speech

Sen. Chris Coons | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a certain formula that goes into a speech like the one I gave Wednesday night in my comedic debut at the Washington Press Club Foundation's Congressional Dinner.

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Mississippi License Plate Proposed To Honor KKK Leader

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 05.25.2011

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JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Fo...

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White Supremacist Site MartinLutherKing.org Marks 12th Anniversary

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

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When a group of students was recently assigned to write reports on Martin Luther King, Jr., several of them learned that King had in fact been a drunken philandering con man. Where in the www did these kids search? Google, for starters.

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Idaho Snowman Shaped Like KKK Member Appalls Local Residents

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAYDEN, Idaho — A white separatist drew complaints from neighbors and a visit from law enforcement officers after building a snowman shaped like...

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Daniel Okrent On Jon Stewart: The Wild World Of Prohibition (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Okrent, the first public editor of the New York Times, was on "The Daily Show" last night to talk about his new book, "Last Call: The Rise and ...

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Reformed Klansman Plays Leading Role In Gulf Cleanup

McClatchy | Posted 05.25.2011

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George Malvaney says he shed his Ku Klux Klan membership and his abortive career as a mercenary by the time he walked out of federal prison, never loo...

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U. of Texas Ponders Renaming Dorm that Honors Klansman

Rob Asghar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clearly this "union" just isn't working, so we should adjust. Let the new nation to wave its Confederate flag proudly and name its buildings after whatever bigots suit their fancy.

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Railton Loy Excused From Jury Duty For Being KKK Leader

South Bend Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Railton Loy was more than a little surprised recently when he found a summons in the mail ordering him to appear for jury duty. The Imperial Wizard o...

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Weekly Diaspora: Rallying the Grassroots

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger Ed. Note: After a brief hiatus, the Diaspora is back! We're very excited to have Erin Rosa on board for this pr...

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KKK Rally At Ole Miss: Klan Outnumbered By Protesters (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The KKK gathered at Ole Miss today to protest the University chancellor's decision to remove "From Dixie with Love" from the school band's song list. ...

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