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Henderson history: Local Democratic Party split in 1924
The Gleaner via Yahoo News· 1 month agoHenderson County Democrats held two different conventions in 1924, leading to a battle a week later...
Ted Cruz’s Totally Outrageous “Proof” That the KKK Loves Democrats
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTed Cruz wouldn’t be a conservative if he wasn’t adept at historical revisionism. On Monday, he...
Henderson history: Klansmen from across Tri-State convened here in 1924
The Gleaner via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoHenderson’s celebration of Memorial Day a century ago saw up to 20,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan –...
Contradictions between faith, politics and racism still haunt the South | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI once preached in a church where afterwards I learned that the large leather-bound pulpit Bible had...
Faith Works: A century ago, many Newark, Licking County candidates were KKK-endorsed
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAs this year began, last January, I started an intermittent series of columns outlining the events...
Ramaswamy sparks firestorm with Pressley and KKK remarks
The Hill via Yahoo News· 10 months agoGOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has sparked a firestorm with comments comparing Rep....
Briggs' mailbag: How Indiana Democrats could regain power
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt's starting to feel like a big election year. In this mailbag, though, I'm thinking about...
Gabriel Hillel: Address consequences of slavery, racism in Gainesville
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf I am elected mayor of a new Gainesville, I will seek reparations for the African-American...
Who was Oliver Randolph, New Jersey's civil rights pioneer? | Stile
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUpending the nation's segregated social systems did not appear to be Oliver Randolph's primary aim...
‘The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic’ Review: The Dream That Died
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF In 1872 John Lynch became the first African-American from Mississippi to be elected to the...