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Haley Barbour Backtracks: The Citizens Council, Revisited

Is that your final answer? Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour released a statement today clarifying recent remarks made in an interview with The Weekly Standard that many perceived as downplaying the hardships blacks experienced during the civil rights era. Here is Barbour's statement. When asked why my hometown in...

Idaho White Supremacist Builds KKK Snowman

(Dec. 3) -- A self-described white supremacist built a 10-foot snowman in the front yard of his Hayden, Idaho, home. Then he gave it a peaked hood, big black eyes and a stick for arm, with a noose dangling from its bony appendage. Then the cops came. Mark Eliseuson said he saw nothing wrong with his creation. But his...

Canadian Legion Apologizes for Halloween KKK Costume

(Nov. 4) -- The national president of the Royal Canadian Legion has apologized for racist costumes sported at a weekend Halloween contest in an Ontario hall, which has been closed pending an investigation. Partygoers said they were outraged by two men -- one dressed as a white-robed Ku Klux Klan member, the other wearing...

Iranian President Ahmadinejad: Homophobe, Anti-Semite, 9/11 Truther

(Sept. 23) -- Taking on one of his favorite world stages today, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued his tradition of serving up incendiary rhetoric while addressing world leaders at the United Nations. As one has come to expect from the Iranian leader, Ahmadinejad used the occasion to challenge conventional...

University of Texas Board Rechristens Dorm Named After Klan Organizer

AUSTIN, Texas (July 15) -- A University of Texas residence hall named after a Ku Klux Klan organizer is getting a new identity. This undated photo shows William Stewart Simkins as a cadet at The Citadel. The school's Board of Regents unanimously decided today that Simkins Residence Hall -- named for William Stewart...

Background on kkk

Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically expressed through terrorism.

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