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‘Confederates were traitors’: Ty Seidule on West Point, race and American history

The discovery of a plaque showing a member of the Ku Klux Klan at the US military academy made headlines. One member of the commission which recommended its removal is a historian of the US army and the lost cause myth

The Guardian - US

Panel: West Point should rename Lee Barracks, nix KKK art

A commission created by Congress is recommending changes at West Point when it comes to commemorating Robert E

The Independent UK

West Point’s Ku Klux Klan plaque should be removed, commission says

Panel is tasked with recommending which US military assets should be renamed, to remove associations with Confederates

The Guardian - US

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A plaque with the words 'Ku Klux Klan' still hangs on a building at West Point

The marker, depicting a hooded figure, was highlighted in a recent report by a special commission looking into U.S. military assets with names tied to the Confederacy.

WEKU

At the Jan. 6 hearings, race isn't discussed much. Still, it's a central issue

The Jan. 6 Committee has been uncovering what led up to the insurrection. But just beneath the surface is a central cause of the riot — racism and the fear of losing white power.

WEKU

Today in Supreme Court History: August 22, 1998

8/22/1998: On August 22, 1998, Barry Black led a Ku Klux Klan rally in Carroll County, Virginia. The Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of his prosecution for cross burning in Virginia v. Black (20030.

Reason

Alabama Republican group apologises for posting KKK imagery

The Lawrence County Republican Party says it posted the image accidentally

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Black flight attendant sues Delta for firing her after she posted a meme of Trump in a KKK hood

Leondra Taylor alleges she was discriminated against ‘because of her race’

The Independent UK

Black GOP candidate releases video saying AR-15s are essential to guard against the KKK

Republican Jerone Davison said he wants to ‘make rifles great again’

The Independent UK

Ex police constable who posted Ku Klux Klan memes and mocked George Floyd’s death is jailed

James Watts was serving with West Mercia Police when he shared “grossly offensive”WhatsApp messages

The Independent UK

If America fails to punish its insurrectionists, it could see a wave of domestic terror

We must not repeat the mistakes of the years after the 1860s war for white supremacy that we call the civil war

The Guardian - US

A place in history for congressional hearings on Jan. 6 Capitol attack

Hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection will be televised starting this week, the latest in a long line of public investigations by Congress.

Chicago Sun-Times

What 5 previous congressional investigations can teach us about the House Jan. 6 committee hearings

Six public hearings to be held in June by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection will attempt to answer the question of whether former President Donald Trump and his political allies broke the law in seeking to overturn the 2020 election results.

The Conversation

A Lynching at Port Jervis review: timely history of New York race hate

In the wake of the Buffalo shooting, Philip Dray’s account of a terrible incident from 1892 seems dreadfully familiar

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Ben Roberts-Smith witness won fancy dress competition wearing white supremacist outfit, court told

A former elite soldier tells a Sydney court he wore a Ku Klux Klan costume to a fancy dress party at an unofficial soldier bar in Afghanistan "just for a laugh".

AAP

Roberts-Smith witness: KKK outfit 'funny'

An SAS soldier appearing for Ben Roberts-Smith at the defamation trial he launched says his Ku Klux Klan outfit won him a fancy dress competition.

Salon

Why the right wants to see naughty bits

A panel of experts on conservative fascination with bodily functions — it's vicious, illogical and also revealing

France 24

Fighting segregation in 'Son of the South': An unlikely civil rights story

Bob Zellner's memoirs serve as inspiration for a historical drama in which a White southerner's anti-racist struggle pits him against Ku Klux Klan members, including members of his own family. Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why this film effectively conveys the tensions of the time.

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The Independent UK

University of Alabama to remove KKK leader's name from hall

University of Alabama trustees have voted to strip the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan from a campus building and rename it solely for the school’s first Black student

The Independent UK

Alabama revisits pairing KKK leader and Black student names

The University of Alabama is reconsidering its decision last week to retain the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan on a campus building while adding the name of the school’s first Black student

The Independent UK

Alabama building to share names of KKK leader, Black student

A University of Alabama building named for a former governor who led the Ku Klux Klan a century ago will also bear the name of the first Black person to attend the school

The Independent UK

Ezra Miller issues video death threat to members of the Ku Klux Klan

‘The Flash’ star told followers that the clip was ‘not a joke’ and to ‘take it seriously’

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