NPR: Ku Klux Klan https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=154959836 Ku Klux Klan en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:08:27 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Ku Klux Klan https://www.npr.org/tags/154959836/ku-klux-klan 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. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:07:25 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1120286604/west-point-ku-klux-klan-kkk-confederacy-military https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1120286604/west-point-ku-klux-klan-kkk-confederacy-military

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.

]]> Joe Hernandez First Black University of Alabama student dies days after a building is named for her Autherine Lucy Foster's death comes less than a week after university officials dedicated the campus building where she briefly attended classes in her honor. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:07:58 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2022/03/04/1084663396/first-black-university-of-alabama-student-dies-days-after-a-building-is-named-fo https://www.npr.org/2022/03/04/1084663396/first-black-university-of-alabama-student-dies-days-after-a-building-is-named-fo Autherine Lucy Foster's death comes less than a week after university officials dedicated the campus building where she briefly attended classes in her honor.

]]> The Associated Press First Black University of Alabama student to share a building name with a Klan leader A University of Alabama building will share the names of a Klan leader and its first Black student<br><br> Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:32:10 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2022/02/04/1078379650/first-black-university-of-alabama-student-to-share-a-building-name-with-a-klan-l https://www.npr.org/2022/02/04/1078379650/first-black-university-of-alabama-student-to-share-a-building-name-with-a-klan-l A University of Alabama building will share the names of a Klan leader and its first Black student

]]> The Associated Press Army vet risked his life to expose who was in the KKK Joseph Moore wore a wire for the FBI under his white robe. Wed, 22 Dec 2021 07:04:02 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/1066645155/army-vet-risked-his-life-to-expose-who-was-in-the-kkk https://www.npr.org/2021/12/22/1066645155/army-vet-risked-his-life-to-expose-who-was-in-the-kkk

Joseph Moore wore a wire for the FBI under his white robe.

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]]> The Associated Press Alabama Gov. Apologizes To Surviving '5th Girl' Of 1963 KKK Bombing "There should be no question that Ms. Collins Rudolph and the families of those who perished ... suffered an egregious injustice that has yielded untold pain and suffering over the ensuing decades." Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:08:32 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/09/30/918911837/alabama-gov-apologizes-to-surviving-5th-girl-of-1963-kkk-bombing https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/09/30/918911837/alabama-gov-apologizes-to-surviving-5th-girl-of-1963-kkk-bombing "There should be no question that Ms. Collins Rudolph and the families of those who perished ... suffered an egregious injustice that has yielded untold pain and suffering over the ensuing decades."

]]> Vanessa Romo In 'Freedom's Detective,' A Flawed But Remarkable Hiram Whitley Infiltrates The KKK Journalist Charles Lane's account is endlessly gripping — and he does an excellent job of placing the operation in historical context, chronicling racism and resentment in the South post-Civil War. Thu, 11 Apr 2019 09:01:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2019/04/11/711816519/in-freedoms-detective-a-flawed-but-remarkable-hiram-whitley-infiltrates-the-kkk https://www.npr.org/2019/04/11/711816519/in-freedoms-detective-a-flawed-but-remarkable-hiram-whitley-infiltrates-the-kkk Freedom's Detective: The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America's First War on Terror, by Charles Lane'/>

Journalist Charles Lane's account is endlessly gripping — and he does an excellent job of placing the operation in historical context, chronicling racism and resentment in the South post-Civil War.

]]> Michael Schaub Publisher Of An Alabama Newspaper Calls For The KKK To 'Clean Out' Washington "We'll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them," said Goodloe Sutton, publisher of the <em>Democrat-Reporter, </em>after admitting he wrote an incendiary editorial. Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:13:47 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/02/19/695903336/publisher-of-an-alabama-newspaper-calls-for-the-kkk-to-clean-out-washington https://www.npr.org/2019/02/19/695903336/publisher-of-an-alabama-newspaper-calls-for-the-kkk-to-clean-out-washington "We'll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them," said Goodloe Sutton, publisher of the Democrat-Reporter, after admitting he wrote an incendiary editorial.

]]> Sasha Ingber More Democrats Press Va. Gov. Ralph Northam To Resign Northam has so far resisted widespread calls for him to step down after the revelation of a racist photo on his 1984 medical yearbook page. Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:33:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/02/03/691094716/more-democrats-press-va-gov-ralph-northam-to-resign https://www.npr.org/2019/02/03/691094716/more-democrats-press-va-gov-ralph-northam-to-resign Northam has so far resisted widespread calls for him to step down after the revelation of a racist photo on his 1984 medical yearbook page.

]]> Shannon Van Sant Va. Gov. Ralph Northam Defies Calls To Resign, Doesn't Recall Being In Racist Photo "I do not believe that I am either of the people in the photo," Gov. Northam said of the image, which shows two individuals, one dressed in blackface, and another as a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Sat, 02 Feb 2019 12:55:15 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/02/02/690961126/va-governor-says-he-wont-resign-over-racist-photo https://www.npr.org/2019/02/02/690961126/va-governor-says-he-wont-resign-over-racist-photo "I do not believe that I am either of the people in the photo," Gov. Northam said of the image, which shows two individuals, one dressed in blackface, and another as a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

]]> Shannon Van Sant Calls For Resignation As Va. Governor Apologizes for Racist Image In 1984 Yearbook Ralph Northam, a pediatric neurologist and Democrat, was elected in 2017. The photo shows a person wearing blackface standing next to another person wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe. Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:41:35 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/02/01/690862933/virginia-governor-displayed-racist-image-in-1984-medical-school-yearbook https://www.npr.org/2019/02/01/690862933/virginia-governor-displayed-racist-image-in-1984-medical-school-yearbook

Ralph Northam, a pediatric neurologist and Democrat, was elected in 2017. The photo shows a person wearing blackface standing next to another person wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe.

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