The town of Stone Mountain, Ga., holds the distinction of being the birthplace of the 20th Century revival of the Ku Klux Klan. The Dekalb County town and suburb of Atlanta also made history of another sort, when it elected its first African-American mayor on this day in 1997. SEE ALSO: Hampton’s Mary Peake Led 1st […]

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Jackson Black (pictured left) of Craigsville, Va., is coming under fire for dressing as a Klansman for Halloween, and apparently, the costume is a family tradition, according to WHSV. SEE ALSO: D.C. Council Pushes To Decriminalize Marijuana “My brother ha[d] [worn the costume] when he was in kindergarten and when he was 13,” Mother Jessica […]

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Today on “NewsOne Now,” Roland Martin talked with callers about Rep. Alan Grayson comparing the Tea Party to the KKK in a campaign email. Some of the debates turned heated, with Martin maintaining that despite all of the things the Tea Party has done that are worthy of criticism, hysterical comparisons serve no one. He said it’s […]

The recruitment drive to join the Ku Klux Klan in Covington, Ga., is in full swing again as residents are being urged to join the brotherhood of White supremacists via fliers dropped outside their homes, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. SEE ALSO: Black Florida Family Comes Home To KKK Flier On Doorstep The “Save Our Race” fliers were placed in […]

An Orange, Fla., African-American family were shocked to find a KKK flier (pictured) on their doorstep this week, reports the Orlando Sentinel. SEE ALSO: Henry L. Johnson Fends Off German Captors During World War I On This Day In 1918 On Monday, a Black family that lives in east Orange reportedly found a flier from […]

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Three unidentified students are being investigated for sporting Ku Klux Klan-styled garb at a state semifinal hockey game last Friday in North Dakota, reports the Los Angeles Times. The game was played at the Ralph Engelstad Arena on the University of North Dakota’s campus in Grand Forks. The three attendees, photographed by student Shane Shuster, were […]

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It is a rare sight to see a man standing in the middle of Philadelphia in a KKK robe–especially if the man under the hood is Black. Though Sixx King, a 35-year-old film director, had a message: The KKK KILLED 3,446 BLACKS IN 86 YEARS. BLACK ON BLACK MURDERS SURPASS THAT NUMBER EVERY 6 MONTHS.” […]

When a National Socialist Movement joined the Ku Klux Klan to spew their anti-immigration hate ideologies at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, last Saturday afternoon, they were met with a counter-protest that made them look like the clowns they are, according to NBC Charlotte. SEE ALSO: AZ Woman Blames Husband For Obama Re-Election, Runs Him Over […]

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David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Clan, endorsed New York City Councilman Charles Barron‘s (pictured) campaign for U.S. Congress, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Woman Finds Kidney Through Facebook, Gets Transplant Duke says that he doesn’t agree with Barron on every issue. But the anti-Semitic did say he preferred […]

METHUEN, Mass. — School officials in a Massachusetts town are apologizing for sending home a lunch menu that listed KKK Chicken Tenders as an option. SEE ALSO: Eddie Murphy Is Back With New Movie About 6,500 students in four Methuen (muh-THOO’-in) schools went home with new menus Tuesday, a day after the original one mistakenly […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — After a lengthy legal battle between a black South Carolina church and members of the Ku Klux Klan, a judge has ruled that the church owns a building where KKK robes and T-shirts are sold. SEE ALSO: LA Arson Suspect Harry Burkhart: “I Hate America” A circuit judge ruled last month that […]

JACKSON, Miss. — James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman imprisoned for his role in the segregation-era abduction and killing of two black men in rural Mississippi, has died, a spokesman with federal Bureau of Prisons said. Seale died Tuesday in Terre Haute, Ind., where he had been serving three life sentences after being […]