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EDITOR’S COLUMN: The ’67 Detroit Riots — Memories of a Snaggle-Toothed, 7-Year-Old Survivor
One summer that forever changed my view of America was during 1967 when temperatures soared into the 90s while black…
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Report: Trump’s Dad Was Arrested In 1927 Ku Klux Klan Brawl With Police
(Talking Points Memo) – A newly surfaced report from a 1927 edition of the New York Times suggests Republican presidential…
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Ku Klux Klan Fliers Show Up in South Carolina Neighborhood
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Residents in a predominantly black South Carolina neighborhood say fliers have been distributed claiming to…
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Who’s Burning Black Churches? Arsonists Hit at Least Five Southern Congregations in Recent Weeks
By Bethania Palma Markus Special to the NNPA from The Westside Gazette At least five Black churches burned overnight recently…
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Official: Fire at South Carolina Black Church Wasn’t Arson
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press MEG KINNARD, Associated Press GREELEYVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Preliminary indications suggest arson was not the cause…
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UNC-Chapel Hill Building to Drop Name of Prominent KKK Head
EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Trustees at the country’s oldest public university decided Thursday to…
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Three UNC Trustees Voted Against Renaming Building That Commemorates KKK Leader
(Slate) – The University of North Carolina’s trustees voted Thursday to rename the campus’ Saunders Hall. The building was originally dedicated to the…
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KKK Imperial Wizard Bill Wilkinson Found in Belize, Insists He Isn’t Racist
(Daily Mail) – A former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who now lives in Belize, alongside the very…
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Civil Rights Landmark Bridge is Named for Reputed KKK Leader
JAY REEVES, Associated Press ALLEN G. BREED, Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — When the nation’s first black president steps…
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‘Birth of a Nation’ — 100 Years On, Debate on Film Endures
HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago this spring, Hollywood came of age in…
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