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KKK Continues to Harass Confederate Monument Protesters in North Carolina
A woman who advocated for the removal of a Confederate monument from a North Carolina courthouse has been continually harassed by the KKK for doing so. According to WCCB, Genesis Houpe found a Confederate flag hung outside her home last weekend. The flag comes only a few weeks after Houpe found a KKK flyer outside…
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Atlanta School Board Distances Itself from Confederate Past, Renames School in Honor of Hank Aaron
At first glance, Forrest Hill Academy might look like just about every other high school in Atlanta. That is, until you realize that it’s named after Nathan Bedford Forrest; a Confederate general who also just so happened to be a whole-ass Ku Klux Klan grand wizard. That isn’t exactly the greatest look for an educational…
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Of Course, Harvard Had a KKK Chapter on Its Campus
Anytime someone tells you that the East Coast has been a liberal bastion of racial progress they should be reminded that a) that simply isn’t true, and b) there are plenty of examples to prove that such thinking is demonstratively false. Enter an enterprising reporter at Harvard University’s student newspaper The Harvard Crimson, who found…
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White Men Who Tried to Force Their Way Into Black Family's Home Want an Apology for Being Called Racist. Family to White Men: Uh…No!
It’s wild that in the year 2021, I can still be amazed by the sheer arrogance of mediocre white men. Imagine this scenario: You’re a Black parent of a Black teen and a group of more than a dozen aggressive white people—led by a police officer—come to your Black home uninvited. They demand information you…
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Tennessee Commission Votes to Remove Bust of KKK Leader Nathan Bedford Forrest From the State Capitol
Today in news that makes you go “Why did it take Black death for this to happen?” the Tennessee Historical Commission voted 25-1 to remove a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest—the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan—from the state capitol. The Tennessean reports that the effort to remove the bust began last summer…