TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The name Brady that adorns a popular downtown street in Tulsa will remain the same but instead of honoring the city’s founder and businessman who was in the Ku Klux Klan it will now celebrate a Civil War photographer who had the same name. The change to remove Wyatt Tate Brady […]
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa’s city leaders are divided over whether to rename a popular downtown street named for a businessman who was in the Ku Klux Klan. But some residents worry a drawn-out fight could send the message that the city still embraces intolerance. Council members informally split 4-4 Thursday on whether to take […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A North Dakota high school principal says appropriate action is being taken after three students briefly donned Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods Friday night during a state hockey semifinal game. The photo caused an uproar on Twitter when it was posted by 19-year-old Shane Schuster, who was seated […]
White cloaks and pointy hats weren't the only costumes represented at a recent Ku Klux Klan rally to the dismay of many not-so-amused Klansman. A KKK rally promoting anti-immigration was disrupted by a clown lead counter- protest this past weekend in Charlotte, N.C. According to reports, the KKK members were out-clowned five to one as […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Four top leaders of the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood of Texas are among nearly three dozen alleged gang members charged in a sweeping indictment unsealed Friday that accuses them of crimes ranging from capital murder to drug trafficking. Few details were released about the alleged crimes, but 10 defendants are facing charges […]
A Winnsboro, Louisiana woman who initially told authorities she was set afire by three men wearing hoodies, actually burned herself and also smeared racial slurs on her vehicle, law enforcement officials told BlackAmericaweb.com. Sharmeka Moffitt, a 20-year-old woman, remains in critical condition in LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, authorities said. On Monday, her mother, Edna […]
(Winnsboro, LA) – The NAACP urged authorities to fully investigate a gang attack in Louisiana after Sharmeka Moffitt was attacked and burned in Civitan Park on Sunday. Authorities have confirmed that racial slurs were spray-painted on Moffitt’s car, including the N-word and the phrase “KKK”. Authorities are looking into whether race was a factor in […]
A vigil is set tonight in the Louisiana town of Winnsboro where a 20-year-old black, female college student was set afire Sunday night in a park and her car smeared with racial slurs and the letters KKK. The mother of Sharmeka Moffitt said the young woman is expected to undergo surgery today at a LSU […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The state of Georgia is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Ku Klux Klan challenging the group's application being denied to participate in a highway cleanup program. The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation last month filed suit on behalf of the Ku Klux Klan, saying the state violated […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Ku Klux Klan leader from North Carolina has been convicted on weapons and explosive charges related to a plot to blow up his county sheriff. A jury convicted Charles Robert Barefoot Jr. of Benson on six felony counts this week, including conspiracy, possession of stolen guns and receipt of explosives […]
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Council members in an Alabama city voted Tuesday to stop a group's work on a new monument honoring a Confederate general who was an early leader in the Ku Klux Klan. The Selma City Council voted 4-0 with two members abstaining to stop all work on the monument to Gen. Nathan […]
Activists in Selma, Alabama are set to march a historic route through the city today (Tuesday) and present more than 325,000 signatures to the Selma City Council opposing the placement of a monument to controversial Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The original Selma monument to the man recognized as the first Grand Wizard of the […]
