NPR: KKK https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=302872602 KKK en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:08:50 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: KKK https://www.npr.org/tags/302872602/kkk 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 Charlottesville Victims Use Post-Slavery KKK Law To Go After Hate Groups Two years ago, a rally in Charlottesville exposed the violence of the nation's white nationalist movement. Now, victims of that violence want the courts to hold the organizers accountable. Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:40:09 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2019/08/28/755050335/charlottesville-victims-use-post-slavery-kkk-law-to-go-after-hate-groups https://www.npr.org/2019/08/28/755050335/charlottesville-victims-use-post-slavery-kkk-law-to-go-after-hate-groups Two years ago, a rally in Charlottesville exposed the violence of the nation's white nationalist movement. Now, victims of that violence want the courts to hold the organizers accountable.

]]> Hannah Allam 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 U.Va. Students Investigate Their Yearbook's Racist History — Starting With Its Title In poring through past yearbooks, the student journalists are reckoning with the racist history of both their state and their campus. A historian says the yearbook's title itself refers to blackface. Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:07:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/02/10/693226601/corks-and-curls-virginia-yearbook-has-a-racist-history https://www.npr.org/2019/02/10/693226601/corks-and-curls-virginia-yearbook-has-a-racist-history

In poring through past yearbooks, the student journalists are reckoning with the racist history of both their state and their campus. A historian says the yearbook's title itself refers to blackface.

]]> Amanda Morris Charlottesville Victim's Mother Says She Will Not Take Trump's Calls "You can't wash this one away by shaking my hand and saying I'm sorry," Susan Bro told <em>Good Morning America</em>. Her daughter Heather Heyer was killed as she was protesting against white supremacists. Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:53:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/18/544416033/charlottesville-victim-s-mother-says-she-will-not-take-trump-s-calls https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/18/544416033/charlottesville-victim-s-mother-says-she-will-not-take-trump-s-calls "You can't wash this one away by shaking my hand and saying I'm sorry," Susan Bro told Good Morning America. Her daughter Heather Heyer was killed as she was protesting against white supremacists.

]]> Merrit Kennedy Poll: Majority Believes Trump's Response To Charlottesville Hasn't Been Strong Enough After shifting statements from the president about the racist violence in Virginia, a new NPR/<em>PBS NewsHour/</em>Marist poll finds most Americans didn't like the way Trump handled the situation. Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2017/08/16/543957964/poll-majority-believe-trump-s-response-to-charlottesville-hasn-t-been-strong-eno https://www.npr.org/2017/08/16/543957964/poll-majority-believe-trump-s-response-to-charlottesville-hasn-t-been-strong-eno PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds most Americans think Trump's response to Charlottesville events was "not strong enough."'/>

After shifting statements from the president about the racist violence in Virginia, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds most Americans didn't like the way Trump handled the situation.

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]]> Domenico Montanaro Charlottesville Tries To Pick Up Pieces After Day Of Deadly Unrest Addressing church congregations on Sunday, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe condemned the white supremacists, saying there is "no place" for them in the city or in the United States of America. Sun, 13 Aug 2017 09:56:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/13/543201715/charlottesville-tries-to-pick-up-pieces-after-day-of-deadly-unrest https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/13/543201715/charlottesville-tries-to-pick-up-pieces-after-day-of-deadly-unrest Addressing church congregations on Sunday, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe condemned the white supremacists, saying there is "no place" for them in the city or in the United States of America.

]]> Scott Neuman 'This Was A Hate Crime,' Police Say Of Kansas City-Area Killings Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Glenn Miller, is accused of killing three people Sunday during attacks on a Jewish community center and a Jewish retirement home. Mon, 14 Apr 2014 06:50:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/04/14/302871181/suspect-in-killings-at-kansas-city-jewish-sites-linked-to-kkk https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/04/14/302871181/suspect-in-killings-at-kansas-city-jewish-sites-linked-to-kkk

Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Glenn Miller, is accused of killing three people Sunday during attacks on a Jewish community center and a Jewish retirement home.

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