Dallas set to exonerate man wrongfully executed for murder 70 years ago
Wednesday is expected to be one of the most significant moments in the history of the Dallas County Commissioners Court.
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Juneteenth: Burned crosses in Miami mark racist past
After Juneteenth, Jim Crow laws sprang up along with the Ku Klux Klan to intimidate Black people
Daniel Smith, activist whose father was born in slavery, dies at age 90
Smith told CBS News this year about his father's stories of enslaved people "screaming and crying at the whipping post," but said he taught him "to be strong and to survive."
Black officer speaks out on police chief's KKK note
"I just want to help people, just want to do my job," Officer Keith Pool told CBS News.
Black officer targeted by chief's KKK note breaks his silence
"It was not a funny joke," said Officer Keith Pool. "Even when we watch it now, I'm in disbelief that this happened to me."
Charles M. Blow on when the media gives a platform to hate
The New York Times columnist says exposing evil in the world risks amplifying what may be, to some, an allure.
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No charges after KKK flag hangs next to Black family's home
JeDonna Dinges said the klan flag was hanging next door in a window directly across from her dining room.
Twitter permanently bans former KKK grand wizard David Duke
Duke's final tweets including conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic
John Lewis' death sparks support to rename Edmund Pettus Bridge
The bridge is named after a Confederate officer and leader of the KKK.
KKK member arrested after driving car into protest
During his arrest, Rogers told officers he was the president of the Ku Klux Klan in Virginia and the highest-ranking member not imprisoned, according to a county official
Man who wore KKK hood as mask won't be charged
The man claimed the hood was not intended to be a racial statement, saying, "It was a mask, and it was stupid."
Mayor to step down after comparing Trump supporters to KKK
He also likened President Trump to Hitler and suggested "the world would be a much better place" without him
Black man who took over neo-Nazi group and vowed to destroy it dies
James Stern succumbed to cancer amid legal battles against efforts to grab control of the National Socialist Movement back from him
Biden says white people can "never fully understand" racism
The former vice president delivered an emotional appeal at the 16th St Baptist Church bombing commemoration
Cop's alleged KKK item may spark review of deadly shooting
Muskegon Police Officer Charles Anderson has been placed on paid administrative leave
Tennessee governor declares day honoring Confederate general
A Tennessee law dating back to 1971 mandates that the governor must issue proclamations for six state holidays each year, including days for Nathan Bedford Forrest and Robert E. Lee
Hundreds demonstrate against KKK rally
Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl said he was "very pleased" with security, noting that no one was arrested or injured
Investigation into Northam's racist yearbook photo inconclusive
The photo in question showed one person in blackface and another in KKK regalia
Sen. Doug Jones on the "unvarnished" truth of history of racism
In his book "Bending Toward Justice," the former U.S. Attorney writes of prosecuting Ku Klux Klan members for the 1963 bombing of a Birmingham, Ala., church in which 4 girls died, four decades later
Neo-Nazi group's new leader, who's black, has vowed to end it
Newly-installed National Socialist Movement head James Stern says he also hopes to wipe out the Ku Klux Klan
Hate groups in U.S. rise to new high, report says
Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, said the increase coincided with Donald Trump's campaign and presidency
Newspaper publisher suggests KKK should lynch Democrats
Goodloe Sutton, publisher of Democrat-Reporter newspaper, makes controversial comments to another Alabama paper
Colleges launch yearbook audits amid Virginia governor scandal
In the wake of Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook controversy, several universities are now confronting racist imagery
West Virginia legislator under fire for comparing gay activists to KKK
"The LGBTQ is a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan, without wearing hoods with their antics of hate"
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