WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the weekend’s violence and death in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local): 12:45 p.m. President Donald Trump is saying that “racism is evil” as he condemns the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists as “criminals and thugs.” He is speaking in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the […]
Missouri police are investigating the death of a KKK leader. He was shot in the head.
ATLANTA (AP) — Scott Shepherd didn’t fire the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr., but the former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon says he has always felt remorse toward the family of the slain civil rights leader and all who honor his legacy. He reached for atonement Monday evening, sitting on a dais next […]
What would you do if your child was given a school assignment to defend the KKK? Would you protest? Would you scold the teacher? Would you meet with the principal? Or would you support the assignment because it’s a relevant part of American history? And what if that teacher was Black? This isn’t a hypothetical […]
A&E says that “nominal” cash payments were given by third-party producers to members of the hate group, which goes against their policy.
NEW YORK (AP) — A&E network is set to air a documentary series focused on the Ku Klux Klan. Announced Monday, Generation KKK aims to expose the missions of this racist, anti-Semitic organization and show its impact on American families as Klan members grapple with the consequences of breaking free. Throughout eight one-hour episodes, the […]
In Donald Trump’s vision of AmeriKKKa, angry, Obama-hating white folks feel that their call of duty is to attack people of color as a way to show their unity with the president-elect. Last week, a pro-Donald Trump white supremacist website called the Daily Stormer said it created 1,000 fake Twitter accounts of fictional black people […]
According to reports, the Ku Klux Klan is planning a victory march in North Carolina to celebrate Trump's presidential success.
David Duke made his way over to Dillard University in New Orleans to participate in a debate against other candidates running for a spot on the Louisiana Senate, and his presence was immediately protested.
Blacks oppressed by white and violent hate groups across the Deep South saw reason to celebrate on this day in 1988. The Ku Klux Klan and the Southern White Knights of Forsyth County, Ga. were ordered to pay nearly $1 million to its Black victims. On January 17, 1987, around 55 marchers gathered in […]
Racist graffiti was discovered on an Eastern Michigan University building. Scores of students marched to the university president's home to discuss the incident.
Family members of the victims are expected to attend the parole hearing, including Sarah Collins Rudolph, sister to Addie Mae Collins. Jones says he doesn't expect the parent's of Carol Denise McNair to attend, but AL.com reports her sisters will make an appearance.
