stated that kkk and d daddy had one thing in common, he suspected the catholic church, and thought thatd bishops have too much power and too much property. so roosevelt's first nominee to supreme court was an activist with the klan, he wrote majority opinion upholding roosevelt's internment of japanese-americans and established federal housing administration, a purpose was to insure mortgages providing homeownership, it furthered racial segregation, it denies insurance in and around black neighborhoods, the fha was subsidizing builders who were mass produces subdivisions for whites. when the requirement that none of the homes be solid to african-americans. did you know that? , red lining comes from the development by new deal by federal government of maps of every metropolitan area, where you do not give the insurance backings were black areas, they were called red areas, hence term rid lining, roosevelt slighted jesse owens in 1936, he won multiple gold medals from main 36 and berlin were invited to white house with the extension of jesse owens, he was once asked if he was snubbed by h

departments of federal government, fired black forward administrate hours, and openly sympathetic to the kkke was critical of reconstruction. less than than 60 years ago, 1964 civil right act was opposed by 69% of senate democrats supported by 82% of senate republicans and opposed by 61% of house democrats and supported 80 percent of house republicans of those who voted no in house 74% were democrat, and in senate 78% who said no were dem at th democrats those who filibustered. robber bird. and bird spoke for 14 hours in a last-ditch afford to kill the bill. bird would go toserve as senate democratic leader from 1967 to 89. and including majority leader from 77 to 81. and 87 to 89. and minority leader 81 to 87, he was leader of the democrats for a very long time in the senate. he was longests serving senator in history of senate. he came along way, bird. as a young man she was he was a chief recruiter and organizer for the klan in west virginia when bird died he was praised by leading lights of democratting party ruling class including joe biden, barack obama, hillary clinton and the rest. a

he fights the kkk with federal troops. he keeps the country together with peace after the war. and to be able to dig in and tell that story, it's the contested election of 1876. >> i get the sense that you feel like grant was one of the most underappreciated presidents. >> -- his ranking in those historian rankings has gone up 13 spots in recent years. that's before my book. >> [laughs] >> eisenhower went up five spots. i think in this day in age, when we are in such a partisan divide, and everything that we talk about with race -- looking back at all that he did to hold the country together, and a really pivotal time -- it gives him another look. >> -- >> one of the most brilliant generals. -- overshadowed as president. >> yes, in part because he wrote his memoirs about his time in eloquent terms. at the end of his life, he leads the presidency, and we are kind of going chronologically, there's a different spot. but after he leaves the presidency, he trusted a lot of people. and they burned him, a lot of times. that's where some of it comes from. and -- invest more and loses e

when he gets done as he pushes through the 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution he fights the kkk with federal troops. he tries to keep the country together and win the peace after the war and that really thrilled me to be able to dig in and to tell that story and the climax is as he's leaving the content tested the election of 1876. >> i get the sense from the outset you feel like grant was one of the most underappreciated presidents so his ranking in those historian rankings has one of 13 spots. that's before. so eisenhower went up five spots. we have looked back and why the historians choose to look at it again. i think in this day and age when we are in such a partisan divide and everything that we talk about with race looking back at all that he did to hold the country together are really at a pivotal bull -- pivotal time. >> do you think to this day he's known as one of the most if not the most brilliant of american generals. his reputation just overshadowed his presidency? >> yes in part because he wrote his memoirs about his time in really eloquent terms. at the end of his

. >> but you let us as intimidation from the kkk during the court battle drove the family out of town and to california. can you imagine as far as the ku klux? >> and i-35 year-old woman going against kkk in lafayette rose was killed in a crash just weeks before she was set to testify in court or let us as the was speculation at the time that the crash wasn't an accident. and rose was targeted by white-supremacist rosa bell, who was only 13 at the time was forced to stand in for her mom bike in boulder county to testify in the civil rights case and that bravery recognized and celebrated more break probably means the pool was closed during the court battle. never reopen decades later, the city of bilby book i burger rec center in its place. >> 2019 local leaders made the swimming center. the rosen went out pool. it's a story that only moved mister vargas shed light on the part of these old family's history. he almost never learned. we have no back story. we did not know what happened close it as is his great, great grandmother. will also help rose's story sad to look back on. but it's

. >> you let us as intimidation from the kkk during the court battle drove annoyed as family out of town and to california. can you imagine as far as the ku klux? >> and i-35 year-old woman is going to get take they can. lafayette rose was killed in a crash just weeks before she was set to testify in court or let us as the was speculation at the time that the crash wasn't an accident. and rose was targeted by white-supremacist rosa bell, who was only 13 at the time was forced to stand in for her mom bike in boulder county to testify in the civil rights case and that bravery recognized and celebrated one more break probably means the pool was closed during the court battle. never reopen 2 decades later, the city of bilby book i burger rec center in its place. >> 2019 local leaders made the swimming center. the rosen went out. cool story that not only moved mister vargas shed light on the part of these old family's history. he almost never learned. we have no back story. we did not know what happened close it as is his great, great grandmother does will also help rose's story sad to look b

antique kkk act of 1871. still mention because they can't be any positives in the project. other issue there are no positives in the 1619 project. nothing. not one. not one thing. nothing positive about whites and the only slight positive is blacks made money, and then they killed them. blacks did this and then they strung us from trees, right? there's all that imagery, but no one talks about you know, they talk about a couple stories of blacks who has some struggles and their families, but they don't mention booker t, washington or benjamin banneker or any of those people forget about what they say about whites. can you at least give me something good about blacks? and lastly like crt like blm, there are no solutions. nobody says well all this is bad. so this is what we should do. so you have 14 essays from harvard law grass and attorneys whose argent cases at the supreme court. the edit of the new york times magazine all these people writing these wonderful essays and nobody even offered a solution. not one

the republican party was the party of jim crow, democrats not the democratic party, founded the kkk. of the politicians who stood in front of school doors were all democrats, born, raised, died democrat. it is a lie that all of the sudden 60's date switched sides. if you look at all of the people who voted against the civil rights, all of the democrats, only two turned republicans. the republican party is a party of individual responsibility, hard work, family, god, and i am urging fellow blacks to look at the history of the republican party and the history of the democratic party and not what democrats have done with welfare to essentially attack the black family and replace government with god and family. a different kind of slavery is being pushed by democrats versus the actual slavery they used to push. host: bruce is in california, democrats line. caller: mr. elder, why did the republicans cheat hillary -- treat hillary clinton so bad during benghazi? what was the deal with biden's son? what was with donald trump, 22 people in his cabinet under some kind of conviction. what is a

so nasty that yard signs have been appearing in the district calling her "kkk airline" so why are they of the is if the attacks get really vicious and stray from the issues into things like character, you're a bad person, you are a racist, it's usually because you are a threat in some way. caroline leavitt, threat? we are not sure, we thought we would talk to her tonight. caroline, thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you so much for having me, tucker. i really appreciate it. >> tucker: of course. so it is a congressional district in new hampshire, right? 1 congressional district. why is this race so nasty? what is at stake, do you think? >> well, i am running in my home state district, and the democrats are viciously smearing me with the signs that you just talked about, because i stand for strong borders and strong law and order, so apparently i am a racist. i stand against men competing in female athletics, so apparently i'm a transphobic and a homophobic, that's what the democrats do. they can't stand on policy or solutions, so they attack you with personal smears. but it's no

and that kkk everyone should know they're all democrats but some wasn't beaten to death by gang memberstorcycles because my partner was a black guy on a harley chopper is almost beaten to death that he 75 by a cane. my dad and he was an irish cop. people don't understand the history of california and what happened with democrats and of course i was in the business of firearms and historical artifact sized duns antique and modern. the whole idea of the gun laws were against blacks. and as mr. elder knows everybody's equal under god everybody should be under the second amendmenty equal. >> host: that something about the gun laws should you write about that in the ten things you can't say in america bricker asked for the worst supreme court decision ever was a dred scott. if we ruled black people or anything otherle than chattel ty could get guns andha lord knows what they would do to exact revenge on evolution from being a communist is not uncommon. hehe was a marxist enactment of the university of chicago study under the free market guys he was still a marxist. it didn't change until he

this is not new and elected officials and police officers were also the people that were a pat of the kkkth keepers are the, can kkk, we as a country need to understand that the ugliness we often want to run from, that those people lynching people across the south, they were elected officials too, and that's what i talk about when we talk about stories like this one. >> you have pushed my brain to the far corners of fear with thoughts and insights of foreign terrorism and our very ugly history and thank you both so much for having that conversation with me. miles, thank you. yamiche sticks around longer. the obamas today at the white house and a time-honored tradition and a reminder of a peaceful transfer of power. we'll play for you some of what first lady michelle obama had to say about that next. helle obamao say about that next. my mental health was much better. my mind was in a good place. but my body was telling a different story. i felt all people saw were my uncontrolled movements. some mental health meds can cause tardive dyskinesia, or td, and it's unlikely to improve without tr

. >> you let us as intimidation from the kkk during the court battle drove the family out of town andcan you imagine as far as the ku klux? >> and i-35 year-old woman is going to get take they can. lafayette, rose was killed in a crash just weeks before she was set to testify in court or let it says there was speculation at the time that the crash wasn't an accident. and rose was targeted by white-supremacist rosa bell, who was only 13 at the time was forced to stand in for her mom bike in boulder county to testify in the civil rights case and that bravery recognized and celebrated one more break probably means the pool was closed during the court battle. never reopen decades later, the city of bilby book i burger rec center in its place. >> 2019 local leaders made the swimming center. the rosen went out pool. it's a story that had only moved mister vargas shed light on the part of these old family's history. he almost never learned. we have no back story. we did not know what happened close it as is his great, great grandmother. charges will also help rose's story sad to look back on

. >> you let us as intimidation from the kkk during the court battle drove the family out of town andcalifornia. can you imagine this far is a complex plan? >> and i-35 year-old woman is going to get canned. lafayette. rose was killed in a crash just weeks before she was set to testify in court or let it says there was speculation at the time that the crash wasn't an accident. and rose was targeted by white-supremacist rosa bell, who was only 13 at the time was forced to stand in for her mom bike in boulder county to testify in the civil rights case and that bravery recognized and celebrated when brave probably means the pool was closed during the court battle never reopen decades later, the city of bilby book i burger rec center in its place. >> 2019 local leaders made the swimming center. the rose and what a pool. it's a story that only moved mister vargas shed light on the part of these old family's history. he almost never learned. we have no back story. we did not know what happened close to it as is his great, great grandmother does will also help rose's story sad to look back o

amy: roberta kaplan, people may not know, an attorney who took on the kkk, far right in charlottesvilleou live for so many years. your pivotal to her coming down here and suing them. >> she is someone who filed a wsuit in 2017 but did not go to trial until 2021 but got a masse $26 million judgment against white supremacists and nazis charlottesville. shows how the law is slow and takes a long time but at its best, you really can make us all freer and safer and restored unity to those who have been harmed. amy: dahlia lithwick, that you for being with us, covering the courts and the law for slate and hosting the podcast amicus. her new book is out, called "lady justice: women, the law, and the battle to save america." that does it for our show. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] ñl (sophie fouron) we're right in the middle of the atlantic. and out of nowhere are these nine

. >> you let us as intimidation from the kkk during the court battle drove annoyed as family out of town and to california. can you imagine as far as the ku klux? >> and i-35 year-old woman is going to get take they can. lafayette, rose was killed in a crash just weeks before she was set to testify in court or let it says there was speculation at the time that the crash wasn't an accident. and rose was targeted by white-supremacist rosa bell, who was only 13 at the time was forced to stand in for her mom bike in boulder county to testify in the civil rights case and that bravery recognized and celebrated one more break probably means the pool was closed during the court battle. never reopen 2 decades later, the city of bilby book i burger rec center in its place. >> 2019 local leaders made the swimming center. the rosen went out. cool story that not only moved mister vargas shed light on the part of these old family's history. he almost never learned. we have no back story. we did not know what happened. it as is his great, great grandmother. will also help rose's story sad to look back

. >> you let us as intimidation from the kkk during the court battle drove the family out of town and to california. can you imagine as far as the ku klux? >> and i-35 year-old woman is going to get the take they can. lafayette rose was killed in a crash just weeks before she was set to testify in court or let us as the was speculation at the time that the crash wasn't an accident. and rose was targeted by white-supremacist rosa bell, who was only 13 at the time was forced to stand in for her mom bike in boulder county to testify in the civil rights case and that bravery recognized and celebrated one more break probably mean the pool was closed during the court battle. never reopen decades later, the city of bilby book i burger rec center in its place. >> 2019 local leaders made the swimming center. the rosen went out pool. it's a story that only moved mister vargas shed light on the part of these old family's history. he almost never learned. we have no back story. we did not know what happened close to it as is his great, great grandmother does will also help rose's story sad to loo

now, the congressional naming commission wants the pentagon to include kkk memorabilia in its effortsate markers in military institutions. cnn's nadia romero reports on the obstacles blocking change at this site and others. >> a new school year brings new hope in the years-long fight to change a trio of names that loom over this building and two others in montgomery, alabama. robert e. lee, jefferson davis, and sydney lanier high schools. melvin brown grew up in robert e. lee's hometown. today he's the superintendsant of schools, just weeks into his tenure, he's intent on seeing the names go. >> what do you say to those who believe we're trying to erase history. >> the gentleman for whom this building is constructed and names was a brilliant military tactician. at the same time, he was a slaver. at the same time, he led a rebellion against his own cou country. >> the montgomery based equal justice initiative, challenging racial and economic injustice, has helee high was named in 195 as retaliation of brown v. board of education. jefferson davis high named 1968, right after integration

. >> you let us as intimidation from the kkk during the court battle drove the family out of town andku klux? >> and i-35 year-old woman is going to get cut a cake and lafayette. your rose was killed in a crash just weeks before she was set to testify in court or let us as the was speculation at the time that the crash wasn't an accident. and rose was targeted by white-supremacist rosa bell, who was only 13 at the time was forced to stand in for her mom bike in boulder county to testify in the civil rights case and that bravery recognized and celebrated when more brave probably means the pool was closed during the court battle never reopen decades later, the city of bilby book i burger rec center in its place. >> 2019 local leaders made the swimming center. the rose and what a pool. it's a story that only moved mister vargas shed light on the part of these old family's history. he almost never learned. we have no back story. we did not know what happened close it as is his great, great grandmother does will also help rose's story sad to look back on. but it's also brings a sense of pr

and i'd say, look, james , yardnge is the democratic party's new kkk and the new cross, the front front yards burn pregnan is burt pregnancy centers.s. but instead of denigrating perspersonhood of black peopl, for denigrating the personhood of preborn boys and girls and anybody that seeks to stand for them, you can't allow firebombings in your country, p. period. i mean, how could you shut do the fbi down over? and really quick, were you tapes really told that you could not have your own surveillance tapes back ? propert righuse those tapes of a firebombing of your property might inspire right wingreal. terrorism doesn't seem real. >> yes, oh, yes. happe in the process of doing i mean, there's litigation as active litigation happening right now to o get our video back . and so w face cat,n even we cant see it in fact, the town attorney representing the police department went s aof far as to say to characterizes pro-life people supportingsporin us as ak forty seven gun toting people going around bombing and killing people. >> they're vilifying us .ing pe whenop i grew up in this countr,

in disparaging john mccain doesn't make them leave, if good people on both sides of a kkk rally doesn'te. talk about that. >> yeah, one of the through lines in this book, one of the enduring questions in every single interview we did was this moral struggle between staying and working for somebody they didn't believe in that they didn't think was adherent to the constitution and a lot of times they said if i left it would get worse and, you know, that's a rationization but on the other hand you could find places where that was true. what he wanted them to do and the first aides refused to. john kelly used the example of john mccain. he told the president if you refuse to support him, the american people will come and piss on your grave. pardon me. but that was his language and he did succeed arguably, of course, belatedly in convincing trump to support that funeral and keep the flags half-staff. but at what cost, right? everybody there who worked for him, it feels like paid a cost in some way or another and the question was how long they were willing to take it or how long he was willin

that kkk rally -- he is a maggot. they are a bunch of maggots out there, listening and hearing him talking about people. he is not talking about politics. if we get him back in this office in 2024? we better all get well, get some jobs and take care. he is going to make everybody work because he is going to take everything. he is going to take social security and everything. we will not have anything. the economy is going to be so bad. we cannot have him back in office. host: let's hear from a viewer in connecticut. this is the republican line. caller: good morning. i listened to both speeches, trump and biden, and biden was a disgrace, like he has been since he got in. i am 86 years old and everything was great with trump, but now your gas went up and your oil and upcoming your food went up. it is really hard to live when you are 86. biden is disgusting and what he has done to trump, him, clinton and obama, i do not know why they do not impeach him and his son. host: what does maga mean to you? caller: it means make

that kkk rally -- he is a maggot.a bunch of maggots out there, listening and hearing him talking about people. he is not talking about politics. if we get him back in this office in 2024? we better all get well, get some jobs and take care. he is going to make everybody work because he is going to take everything. he is going to take social security and everything. we will not have anything. the economy is going to be so bad. we cannot have him back in office. host: let's hear from a viewer in connecticut. this is the republican line. caller: good morning. i listened to both speeches, trump and biden, and biden was a disgrace, like he has been since he got in. i am 86 years old and everything was great with trump, but now your gas went up and your oil and upcoming your food went up. it is really hard to live when you are 86. biden is disgusting and what he has done to trump, him, clinton and obama, i do not know why they do not impeach him and his son. host: what does maga mean to you? caller: it means make america gr

his restaurant saying the government has to serve the neighbors but we're gonna get that money to the kkkething wrong to them even though that happened years ago. >> even though i do see whites and blacks all around, and they can be in the same facility, everybody knows what's going on. ha >> after that original showdown -- local -- they can't regulate speech but they can regulate the use of the property. this is the actual zoning map. you can zoom in, and you will see, that is us right here. that entire area is zoned business commercial. that's it. this is the little piece that this fight is over. 0. 003 acres. a legitimate commercial piece of property. it's not. the sons of confederate veterans want to use that piece of property to keep maurice hatefully d. c. to live on in perpetuity. >> a battle to remove the confederate flag that is near and ice cream shop continues tonight. >> they took their concerns to the city and the zoning over where that flag sits could be challenged. >> what's a? >> just clear the record. i was contacted by camp 842, and the issues that were being presented f