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Ku Klux Klan

A woman sits at a desk flipping through books.

A Georgia college with historic ties to the KKK confronts its racist past

Some cherished traditions at Wesleyan College have roots in the KKK. Administrators are launching diversity discussions and students have ended some practices in an effort to deal with the school’s difficult history.

Students cheer as US President Barack Obama (not pictured) attends the 2014 commencement ceremony for the University of California, Irvine, while at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California.

University of Washington president says diversity is one of the keys to success

Education
Members of a white supremacy group give the fascist salute during a Wisconsin gathering in 2011.

A mixed-race German confronts white supremacists face-to-face, including the Klan

Belief
An Overland Park, Kansas, police officer guards the entrance to the scene of a shooting at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas April 13, 2014. Three people were killed in shootings at Jewish centers in Kansas on Sun

The killings at a Jewish community center in Kansas show the white supremacist side of America

Conflict & Justice

Texas rejects bid to issue license plates displaying Confederate Flag

Global Politics

Journalists succeed where investigators failed

Business, Economics and Jobs

Dedicated journalists are digging up old civil rights cases and uncovering what investigators and the FBI could not.

Black Church Gains Ownership of Ku Klux Klan Shop

Last week –  after a 15 year battle –  Reverend Kennedy of Laurens, South Carolina made headlines when a judge declared his New Beginnings Baptist Church to be the rightful owner of “The Redneck Shop”, a store that sold Ku Klux Klan and confederate memorabilia. One of the original owners had sold his portion of the store […]

The Life and Legacy of Stetson Kennedy

The scars and legacy of racism in America and poverty has ways of bubbling up to the surface in surprising ways.   Today that legacy shows up in the story of the life and death of a famous American folklorist, journalist and author, Stetson Kennedy, who died at the age of 94 over the weekend.  Kennedy became […]

The World

Civil Rights Worker Befriends KKK Grand Dragon: True Story, New Play

Arts, Culture & Media

Tonight, a new play called “Xernona and the Grand Dragon X” premieres at the Race Amity Conference. The play portrays the friendship between Xernona Clayton, an African-American civil rights leader, and Calvin Craig, a Grand Dragon in the Ku Klux Klan.

Freedom Rides Turn 50

50 years ago today, brave men and women white and black boarded buses in Washington, D.C. and rode through the South, with their final destination being a rally in New Orleans. On their way there, they encountered violent racist attacks, including from members of the Ku Klux Klan, who firebombed them in Alabama.  Jim Zwerg  and Glenda […]