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the war against the klan. grant's war against the klan was a success. it broke the klan. the klan collapsed as i said earlier, faced with soldiers, with carbines, klansmen surrendered. they caved in. they were cowards front. they were they were they were okay with torturing, isolated, as said it, black and white citizens in cabins in the middle of the night but faced and soldiers they caved in. all right. so the klan as it as a terrorist organization collapsed 1870, primarily 70, late 72, 73, 1874. so why then wasn't it reconstruct and project a great victory? in short, we can talk more about this for those who want to pursue this question. two other things are happening gradually part as a result of the intimidation we've been talking about. the republican party has been fractured and in large part broken in many parts of the south, not everywhere, but in many parts white southerners have been driven out partly through intimidation and partly through the appeal to race, which divides republicans. sadly, in the south and, the african-american vote in the south, black amer
the war against the klan. grant's war against the klan was a success. it broke the klan. the klan collapsed as i said earlier, faced with soldiers, with carbines, klansmen surrendered. they caved in. they were cowards front. they were they were they were okay with torturing, isolated, as said it, black and white citizens in cabins in the middle of the night but faced and soldiers they caved in. all right. so the klan as it as a terrorist organization collapsed 1870, primarily 70, late 72, 73,...
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klan violence. was one of several all new methods that white people developed to push back on black claims to a larger share of political power, property jobs, rights and dignity and it's important to appreciate that there's a whole land scape of ways in which white southerners after the war are figuring out how to restore their mechanisms of control right. and the klan is going to be one of them. there's going to be a particularly effective one. but certainly it exists among a vast array of, you know, private violence, state violence, as you know, and different kinds of mechanisms of control to understand the klan. it's important to understand that the whites oppression of black rights was not inevitable. and to kind of visualize the possibility that this might not have happened or might not have happened to the extent that it did, was surprising. speed competent leaders and organizations emerged among freed people after the war and the that you have this surprising ability of recently enslaved peo
klan violence. was one of several all new methods that white people developed to push back on black claims to a larger share of political power, property jobs, rights and dignity and it's important to appreciate that there's a whole land scape of ways in which white southerners after the war are figuring out how to restore their mechanisms of control right. and the klan is going to be one of them. there's going to be a particularly effective one. but certainly it exists among a vast array of,...
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klan violence. was one of several all new methods that white people developed to push back on black claims to a larger share of political power, property jobs, rights and dignity and it's important to appreciate that there's a whole land scape of ways in which white southerners after the war are figuring out how to restore their mechanisms of control right. and the klan is going to be one of them. there's going to be a particularly effective one. but certainly it exists among a vast array of, you know, private violence, state violence, as you know, and different kinds of mechanisms of control to understand the klan. it's important to understand that the whites oppression of black rights was not inevitable. and to kind of visualize the possibility that this might not have happened or might not have happened to the extent that it did, was surprising. speed competent leaders and organizations emerged among freed people after the war and the that you have this surprising ability of recently enslaved peo
klan violence. was one of several all new methods that white people developed to push back on black claims to a larger share of political power, property jobs, rights and dignity and it's important to appreciate that there's a whole land scape of ways in which white southerners after the war are figuring out how to restore their mechanisms of control right. and the klan is going to be one of them. there's going to be a particularly effective one. but certainly it exists among a vast array of,...
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chicago had 50,000 klan and 50,000 members klan on long island island. and part of what added to the clients for, cassidy, was that the twenties came at the end of the ellis island era of immigration, from which many of you in the room are descended from 90 to 1920. 18 million immigrants come in from places the streams of immigration hadn't come before. eastern europe. russia poland, 3 million --, 4 million italian catholics, etc. and part of the reaction was to this, to people who believed that these people would not be americans. and the klan is in colorado and portland. and the leaders were trying turn back the clock to a world where white protestant men ran the show and african -- and catholics either knew their place or were not around. and they paint catholics as people who were bad for because pope would tell them how to vote. and -- as part of international conspiracy of. and the klan was trying to restore the small town of white protestant america in a new world of decadal and ethnically diverse cities. and startling scenes clans marching down r
chicago had 50,000 klan and 50,000 members klan on long island island. and part of what added to the clients for, cassidy, was that the twenties came at the end of the ellis island era of immigration, from which many of you in the room are descended from 90 to 1920. 18 million immigrants come in from places the streams of immigration hadn't come before. eastern europe. russia poland, 3 million --, 4 million italian catholics, etc. and part of the reaction was to this, to people who believed...
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and the city was so abuzz with the klan in the 1920s, coca-cola ads out in the klan's newspaper. they were like, when you go to your klan rallies, have a coke, you know, saying, don't forget you know? and so so the klan was huge in atlanta, 1920s surprisingly, alpha phi omega sci fi these and sororities founded there i'm sorry, two people in a room we know these numbers know years but in the 1920s sigma phi phi, the boulay the capital start of the 1920s. and so so in this decade surprisingly, these organization runs take root in the city. they have conferences here in the 1920s, which is like surprising like why would you go to a place that is controlled, the oldest terrorist organization in the country, like you can imagine, but they did this, which is fascinating know so they these became really important incubators for activism. so the building, for example, the capital when it was formed here, dubois who was once a professor, was already he established caballÉ in new york city for the signify five fraternities often called the ballet. they when they when they were here, most
and the city was so abuzz with the klan in the 1920s, coca-cola ads out in the klan's newspaper. they were like, when you go to your klan rallies, have a coke, you know, saying, don't forget you know? and so so the klan was huge in atlanta, 1920s surprisingly, alpha phi omega sci fi these and sororities founded there i'm sorry, two people in a room we know these numbers know years but in the 1920s sigma phi phi, the boulay the capital start of the 1920s. and so so in this decade surprisingly,...
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the ku klux klan debates over prohibition. people who supported prohibition appalled by the speakeasies and the jazz filled, booze filled clubs in the cities and the flappers, and between within the religious community, a fierce debate between religious modernists who believed that the bible could be interpreted in light of scientific discovery and fundamentalists who believed that sticking to the idea that the bible was absolute truth would be a one way to help keep society from sliding south word. and in the core of that debate is this issue of the teaching of evolution and the movement to ban the teaching of evolution in public schools and universities and in part because the teaching of evolution could lead some people to question their faith. but also because of the uses to which darwinism had been put. in particular, eugenics. the movement in the 1920s to sterile, wise people who were seen as unfit. tens of thousands of americans are forcibly sterilized by their states. in the 1920s under the theory that you could speed
the ku klux klan debates over prohibition. people who supported prohibition appalled by the speakeasies and the jazz filled, booze filled clubs in the cities and the flappers, and between within the religious community, a fierce debate between religious modernists who believed that the bible could be interpreted in light of scientific discovery and fundamentalists who believed that sticking to the idea that the bible was absolute truth would be a one way to help keep society from sliding south...
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their families helped start the ku klux klan and in their particular home state. and and griffith is only too happy to make a movie out of the klansman. and when they started putting together, they needed some principle villains. well, that's the character austin stone and and lydia brown. that that's that's really hardly masked. he chose fatty stevens and lydia hamilton smith and proceeded to just hammer them into the ground and showed them as the worst kind of people i and but what i think oh and also lydia who was a mixed race woman but of somewhat fairer complexion. she wasn't white. she never tried to pass for white, but she was played by that woman right there, mary alden, a white actress. you see how she looks in blackface pretty disgusting. so in in this story, thaddeus is is this amazing? i won't go through all the plot twists but eventually thaddeus stevens stoneman comes to see the light when he's hanging around. these southerners finally sees the light that that that white people should be running the south. yeah. yeah, it really lydia hamilton smith o
their families helped start the ku klux klan and in their particular home state. and and griffith is only too happy to make a movie out of the klansman. and when they started putting together, they needed some principle villains. well, that's the character austin stone and and lydia brown. that that's that's really hardly masked. he chose fatty stevens and lydia hamilton smith and proceeded to just hammer them into the ground and showed them as the worst kind of people i and but what i think oh...
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the klan was resurgent in. alabama. and you describe a high tide of militant racial identity exemplified by the bombing career of. chambliss. what is chambliss first name? robert. robert stone, known to bull connor as dynamite. bob. the man who bombed the 16th street church in birmingham. yeah. now, suppose someone might say there is a resurgence to white racism spilling out around country and that it may be encouraged by one of the leading presidential candidates. someone might say, are there any similarities between sixties alabama and 2020s america in that you probably just made declaration a moment ago. well, i want to elaborate to this degree, but by accident of the timing of my birth, i wound starting my career, covering the most gifted political demagogue in the south in the late 20th century. george wallace. right now, in my golden years, i'm watching the rise of the most sinisterly political demagogue of the new century. right. and to me, the case here is commonality. the political demagogue is able get otherwi
the klan was resurgent in. alabama. and you describe a high tide of militant racial identity exemplified by the bombing career of. chambliss. what is chambliss first name? robert. robert stone, known to bull connor as dynamite. bob. the man who bombed the 16th street church in birmingham. yeah. now, suppose someone might say there is a resurgence to white racism spilling out around country and that it may be encouraged by one of the leading presidential candidates. someone might say, are there...
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their families helped start the ku klux klan and in their particular home state. and and griffith is only too happy to make a movie out of the klansman. and when they started putting together, they needed some principle villains. well, that's the character austin stone and and lydia brown. that that's that's reallyary masked. cse fatty stevens and lydia hamilton smith androeded to just hammer them into the ground and showed them as the worst kind of people i and but what i thk oh and also lydia whwa a mixed race woman but of somewhat fairer complexion. she wasn't wte. she never tried to pass for white, but she was played by that wom rht there, mary alden, a white actress. you see how she looks in blackface pretty disgusting. so in in this story, thaddeus is is this amazing? i won't go through all the plot twists but eventually thaddeus stevens stoneman comes to see the light when he's hanging around. these southerners finally sees the light that that that white people should be running the south. yeah. yeah, it really lydia hamilton smith on the other hand, becaus
their families helped start the ku klux klan and in their particular home state. and and griffith is only too happy to make a movie out of the klansman. and when they started putting together, they needed some principle villains. well, that's the character austin stone and and lydia brown. that that's that's reallyary masked. cse fatty stevens and lydia hamilton smith androeded to just hammer them into the ground and showed them as the worst kind of people i and but what i thk oh and also lydia...
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there is a growing awareness today of grant's battle against the ku klux klan, in particular, but i think this is only component of a broader array of achievements that included both executive and an entire legislative framework for equal rights that. in this category, i argue is unsurpassed by that of president. now, the reassessment of grants presidency hardly ends with reconstruction. it was rich in other achievements in both domestic and foreign policy. he successfully took on the most fiscal problems the government had ever faced. he refined and successfully reduced an unfair, precedented national debt, exceeding $2 billion for cutting taxes by $300 billion. he secured the return to the gold standard, which upon taking effect in 1879, was accompanied by an abrupt end to a major depression. consider also president grant's often forgotten foreign policy achievements. on three occasions, our 18th president averted threats of war with spain and great britain, while maintaining the nation's honor. his successful settlement of the alabama claims with great britain, which arose from claims
there is a growing awareness today of grant's battle against the ku klux klan, in particular, but i think this is only component of a broader array of achievements that included both executive and an entire legislative framework for equal rights that. in this category, i argue is unsurpassed by that of president. now, the reassessment of grants presidency hardly ends with reconstruction. it was rich in other achievements in both domestic and foreign policy. he successfully took on the most...
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they sang in hitler's streets in germany in the '30s, carrying torches, accompanied by the ku klux klanand a young woman was killed, i decided that i had to run. i had to run. our democracy is at stake, and it really is. but you know what changes it? when you make the economy grow. when you stand up and ordinary people have an even shot and they're not at all susceptible to the garbage that's fed from these guys. it's pure garbage. i'm supposed to stop. i shouldn't keep going. [laughter] folks, we've got to just remember who we are. when i left scranton today, i wanted to go to the war memorial that has the names of all the scrantonians who died in world war two etched into a granite wall, because i wanted to see where my uncle - "uncle bosie," ambrose j. finnegan - where his name was etched. back when d-day occurred on sunday, the next day, my mother's four brothers all went down to the recruiting station and joined the military. every one of them volunteered. my uncle ambrose, they called him "bosie." my uncle bosie was a hell of an athlete, they tell me, when he was a kid. and he bec
they sang in hitler's streets in germany in the '30s, carrying torches, accompanied by the ku klux klanand a young woman was killed, i decided that i had to run. i had to run. our democracy is at stake, and it really is. but you know what changes it? when you make the economy grow. when you stand up and ordinary people have an even shot and they're not at all susceptible to the garbage that's fed from these guys. it's pure garbage. i'm supposed to stop. i shouldn't keep going. [laughter] folks,...
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time when, in addition to the most important companies, we and the companies that are affiliated with klan our economy, technology, and industry are our private sector , god willing, it will become familiar with this space, and without today, the image that exists in africa is not the image that is in the mind of iranians, and it is very different in places. in different parts of africa, we have very good capacities that we can look at in a win-win manner. moreover, considering the sanctions that the western world has provided for us, this can be a very good gateway for both in the field of employment and in the field of trade. the field of commerce is also used in the field of money exchange and financial banking. i will also say one last thing african countries are members of brics, we are in this area. we can also cooperate with them , while we are present and active together with africans in some international regional cooperation organizations. thank you , mr. dr. dariush safarnejad, for being an expert on international issues. if you agree , we will see a report together in this shor
time when, in addition to the most important companies, we and the companies that are affiliated with klan our economy, technology, and industry are our private sector , god willing, it will become familiar with this space, and without today, the image that exists in africa is not the image that is in the mind of iranians, and it is very different in places. in different parts of africa, we have very good capacities that we can look at in a win-win manner. moreover, considering the sanctions...
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happy to be members of the klan back in that day. then there was also this thing i was talking about that's been covered over, the eugenics movement was very powerful in the united states. and they didn't just make distinction between whites and blacks and other non-white peoples. they made distinctions between white peoples, between the nordic race and the mediterranean race, et cetera. so that was a very bad time. and you know what, there are very important figures in the trump world who say explicitly that they want to go back to the 1920s. >> you and i are both obsessed with the same era, sir. this book is -- you are speaking my inner thoughts with this, robert kagan. i believe everyone should read this book. it is super important. if you don't know the '20s, you don't know this era. thank you, sir. best of luck with the book. >>> coming up, pro-palestinian and anti-war protests and the response has continued to escalate with columbia students now occupying an administrative building. a live report from that campus next. i was sc
happy to be members of the klan back in that day. then there was also this thing i was talking about that's been covered over, the eugenics movement was very powerful in the united states. and they didn't just make distinction between whites and blacks and other non-white peoples. they made distinctions between white peoples, between the nordic race and the mediterranean race, et cetera. so that was a very bad time. and you know what, there are very important figures in the trump world who say...
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lakes full of mine, water, railroad tracks and highways the traditional grazing areas for each semi klan measure around 80 by a 100 kilometers the new mind, right in the middle would block all of the animals routes? well, it would be at the end for a traditional lorraine, they're hurting in, in my community and the community of god, not the it would the a have a, a deep impact on our culture and our future. so what does the spokesman for the mining company have to say? it is quite narrow for right, and they're hard to bring the rain. there's task it or not from the mountain as we ask where they are during the summer. it's down to the forest area in the winter time. we want to find on suicides, through shows in dialogue with the sama village, the river, or it's been meet those migration routes amount to at least 8 times annual global consumption. and mining. the resources so close to home would reduce europe's dependency on china and russia for supplies. i mean growing global's engines in europe, the new portion tie con to but west will set you back to 130000 euros. mercedes h u. s. cost
lakes full of mine, water, railroad tracks and highways the traditional grazing areas for each semi klan measure around 80 by a 100 kilometers the new mind, right in the middle would block all of the animals routes? well, it would be at the end for a traditional lorraine, they're hurting in, in my community and the community of god, not the it would the a have a, a deep impact on our culture and our future. so what does the spokesman for the mining company have to say? it is quite narrow for...
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it was violence committed by a new organization called the ku klux klan. in 1871, hearings were held in congress, heard gripping testimony from victims about what they had suffered. these congressional
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his father came straight from germany and he was also arrested at a ku klux klan gathering where he brought young donald. the talk about lindbergh is very important because he was the most visible member of the america first committee that was founded by roger stewart of the class of 1937 at princeton. the other most visible member was henry ford. henry ford and charles lindbergh received the eagles award from hitler's in 1938. they were explicit in their nazi sympathies and affiliations. that doesn't mean necessarily that america first is always a slogan of nazis but historically, the american first committee with charles lindbergh and henry ford were connected directly with hitler's. hitler's had a picture of henry ford in his office. ford was the only american who lived favorably in hitler's book, mein kampf. you can see it in the text. woody guthrie professed his love of poor people, working people and anti-restasis and always in solidarity with black people. he will be against lindbergh, against henry ford and certainly against any form of nazi-ism and fascism. he's one of the grand fi
his father came straight from germany and he was also arrested at a ku klux klan gathering where he brought young donald. the talk about lindbergh is very important because he was the most visible member of the america first committee that was founded by roger stewart of the class of 1937 at princeton. the other most visible member was henry ford. henry ford and charles lindbergh received the eagles award from hitler's in 1938. they were explicit in their nazi sympathies and affiliations. that...
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those words were spoken 100 years ago by georgia governor clifford walker at a ku klux klan rally. but the reality as it could have been the social media post by donald trump last week. time might march forward but our society's worst impulses seem to never go away. i've spoken many time about my families refugee history. i will not during the course of people this country or in this chamber who eagerly looked to slam, shut in immigration door that was once open to our ancestors. [applause] over the last 18 months more than 35000 asylum-seekers have arrived in illinois. most of them landed here and buses sent by governor abbott of texas. abbott willfully plan the arrival of these individuals in locations and at times that would engender the maximum chaos for the city of chicago and for the asylum-seekers themselves. children, pregnant women and the elderly have been sent here in the dead of night far from our dozen welcome centers and freezing wearing flip-flops and t-shirts. think about that the next time a politician from texas was a lecturer you about being a good christian. [ap
those words were spoken 100 years ago by georgia governor clifford walker at a ku klux klan rally. but the reality as it could have been the social media post by donald trump last week. time might march forward but our society's worst impulses seem to never go away. i've spoken many time about my families refugee history. i will not during the course of people this country or in this chamber who eagerly looked to slam, shut in immigration door that was once open to our ancestors. [applause]...