John Rhode Shillady (1875-1943) was an Irish-American political activist who was Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of...
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Murder of James Byrd Jr. (redirect from John King (murderer))
were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged him for three miles (five kilometers)...
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the IGA grocery store ended abruptly after the airing of the CBS drama Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan in 1975; bomb threats were made against...
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fictionalized version of Cecil Price appeared in the 1975 CBS 2-part TV drama, Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan. In this version, Ned Beatty portrayed...
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Emmett Till (section Influence on civil rights)
Till's Father, Told by John Edgar Wideman". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Wideman, John Edgar. Writing to Save a...
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Emmett Till Antilynching Act (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
language for being overly broad. Paul felt the legislation would include attacks which he felt were not extreme enough to qualify as "lynching", stating...
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unanimously on December 19, 2018. The bill died because it was not passed by the House before the 115th Congress ended on January 3, 2019. On February 26...
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Killing of Joseph Smith (section Attack)
that at least three attackers were wounded by Smith's gunfire, but there is no other evidence that any of them died as a result. John Wills was shot in...
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kept up a steady, loud attack on the Klan, referring to the organization as violent and "un-American". Sheriffs cracked down on activities. In the 1928...
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D'Angelo admitted that the group behind Hawkins' murder was there on his orders to attack any blacks who entered the neighborhood. He also admitted he lied...
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