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Biden is campaigning against the Lost Cause and the ‘poison’ of white supremacy in South Carolina

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Monday, February 5, 2024
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The site of the speech on Jan. 8, 2024, was Charleston, South Carolina’s Mother Emanuel AME Church, where, on a summer evening in 2015, an avowed white supremacist murdered nine Black worshipers, including Rev.

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  • The site of the speech on Jan. 8, 2024, was Charleston, South Carolina’s Mother Emanuel AME Church, where, on a summer evening in 2015, an avowed white supremacist murdered nine Black worshipers, including Rev.
  • At Pinckney’s funeral, then-President Barack Obama sang a heart-felt version of the Christian hymn Amazing Grace.
  • “The word of God was pierced by bullets in hate and rage, propelled by not just gunpowder but by a poison,” Biden said.
  • What I have learned is that Biden’s Mother Emanuel speech should rank with some of the most important speeches in our history.

The original big lie

  • Boldly rejecting the Declaration of Independence as effusive “enthusiasm,” Smith injected white supremacy into public discourse.
  • Smith, who owned several plantations and at least 71 enslaved people, was among more than 1,800 U.S. legislators who enslaved Black people.
  • If you disagreed, vigilante thugs would beat you up or chase you into exile.

‘A house divided against itself cannot stand’

  • The Supreme Court’s infamous 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford extended Southern racist ideology into the North.
  • He addressed the consequences of slavery on America’s democracy and warned that “a house divided against itself cannot stand.” “This government cannot endure,” he said, “permanently half slave and half free.
  • It will become all one thing, or all the other.
  • The Civil War was supposed to end slavery and the white supremacist ideology that underpinned it.
  • The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, known as the Reconstruction amendments, made equality explicit in the Constitution, extending civil and political rights to newly freed African Americans.

Democracies in peril

  • In his State of the Union address on Jan. 6, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sounded a new alarm.
  • His “Four Freedoms” speech was an updated version of Lincoln’s and further defined freedom within a democracy.
  • The immediate issue was whether the U.S. should help England and other European allies defend against the fascist regimes of German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
  • Biden called out Trump for his “big lie” about the 2020 election that Trump has repeatedly claim was “rigged” against him.


Joseph Patrick Kelly volunteers for the Charleston County (SC) Democratic Party.

DIANNE ANDREWS WINS NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY AWARD FOR "SILVER DOLLAR GROUP, KU KLUX KLAN" AT 11th ANNUAL WHISTLEBLOWERS SUMMIT & FILM FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON, DC

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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Dianne Andrews' riveting documentary of KKK's Silver Dollar Group in 1950s-70, inspires justice and forgiveness.

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  • Dianne Andrews' riveting documentary of KKK's Silver Dollar Group in 1950s-70, inspires justice and forgiveness.
  • Known as the most heinous sect with only 15 to 20 members, SDG terrorized northeast Louisiana and southwest Mississippi.
  • For her documentary writer /producer Andrews won the Audience Choice Award for "Silver Dollar Group, Ku Klux Klan" on July 30, 2023, at the National Whistleblowers Summit and Film Festival.
  • This documentary, Andrew's biography, and links to her catalog of projects can be found at www.allofDianneAndrews.com .

A brief history of the Ku Klux Klan Acts: 1870s laws to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, now being used against Trump

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Friday, August 4, 2023
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Three of the charges in United States of America v. Donald J. Trump are fairly easy to understand.

Key Points: 
  • Three of the charges in United States of America v. Donald J. Trump are fairly easy to understand.
  • They require a jury to determine whether Trump tried to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 election and if he knowingly conspired to obstruct the certification of results on Jan. 6, 2021, all in an attempt to remain in the White House.
  • But the fourth charge against Trump – of conspiring against the rights of the voters to cast ballots and have them fairly and honestly counted – is more complicated, and it comes from a dark time in U.S. history.
  • As a historian who studies and writes about democracy and the American South, I believe the 1870s have something to teach us about the fourth count in the Jan. 6 case against Trump.

Ku Klux Klan Acts

    • The indictment asserts that Trump knowingly conspired “to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate one or more persons in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right and privilege secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States – that is, the right to vote, and to have one’s vote counted.” That quote comes from a series of laws enacted in the 1870s called the Ku Klux Klan Acts.
    • As the Brennan Center for Justice points out, in the 20th century the Supreme Court has ruled that all sorts of election infringements violate the Enforcement Acts, including stuffing ballot boxes and bribing voters.

Retreat from democracy

    • The Department of Justice secured convictions in 140 cases by using the law that is being used to prosecute Trump.
    • Congress had to expand the attorney general’s staff into an entire department of government to handle the excessive case load.
    • After Grant was reelected, many champions of Black rights lapsed into what historians often characterize as a moral fatigue.
    • Nine stood trial, including one William Cruikshank, the burly, self-confident plantation owner who had supervised the executions.
    • The Supreme Court set William Cruikshank free, and white supremacists established racist regimes in every Southern state for nearly 100 years thereafter.

Civil War amendments today

    • The 5-4 majority held that states could be trusted to guarantee citizens’ voting rights.
    • Writing in dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg compared enforcing the Civil War amendments to “battling the Hydra,” the multiheaded monster that sprouted new heads after one was defeated.
    • Given this long history of advance and retreat, it’s not surprising, then, that special counsel Jack Smith, in his use of a law to prosecute Trump that dates back to the Reconstruction Era’s laws protecting the Black vote, has reasserted the Department of Justice’s power to enforce the Civil War amendments.

Reason vs. Racism: New Book Unveils Hidden History of Race Relations and the Newspaper Industry

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Friday, September 16, 2022
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Award-winning author Jack Lessenberry's provocative book, Reason vs. Racism: A Newspaper Family, Race and Justice, provides an inside look at how one family approached racism in America through journalism.

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  • Award-winning author Jack Lessenberry's provocative book, Reason vs. Racism: A Newspaper Family, Race and Justice, provides an inside look at how one family approached racism in America through journalism.
  • Lessenberry has written for the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Vanity Fair.
  • Highlighted in the book are stories about undercover work to expose racism, and even a politician involved with the Klu Klux Klan.
  • Reason vs. Racism: A Newspaper Family, Race and Justiceis available on Amazon.

Syracuse University's Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) Holds Second Annual Wharlest and Exerlena Legacy Project

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
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Syracuse, NY, March 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wharlest and Exerlena Jackson Legacy Project and the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at Syracuse University's College of Law are hosting their second annual program on April 1 and 2, 2022.

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  • Syracuse, NY, March 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wharlest and Exerlena Jackson Legacy Project and the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at Syracuse University's College of Law are hosting their second annual program on April 1 and 2, 2022.
  • This is in honor of the memory of Wharlest and Exerlena Jacksonfor their major contributions and sacrifices to the cause of racial justice, civil rights, voting rights, and full civic engagement.
  • There will be remarks byJacksonfamily members, including DeniseJacksonFord and WharlestJackson, Jr., CCJI Director Professor Paula C. Johnson, and law students in the Cold Case Justice Initiative, among other presenters.
  • About the Cold Case Justice Initiative: The Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at Syracuse University College of Law was co-founded by Professor Paula C. Johnson and Professor Janis L. McDonald (emerita).

Former Hate Group Members Unite Against Hate on January 6th

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Monday, January 3, 2022
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"We are holding this event on January 6th for a reason: all of us can work together to make sure January 6th, 2021 never happens again," said Masood Akhtar, President and Founder of We Are Many-United Against Hate Movement.

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  • "We are holding this event on January 6th for a reason: all of us can work together to make sure January 6th, 2021 never happens again," said Masood Akhtar, President and Founder of We Are Many-United Against Hate Movement.
  • Masood continued, "Learning from those who were once consumed with racial and cultural hate can teach all of us how to end that hatred."
  • The second panel features four former hate group members:
    Derek Barsaleau - a former white nationalist who changed his life after a black, fellow U.S. Army soldier saved his life.
  • Instead of simply condemning the latest eruptions of hate-inspired violence, we dig down to the root causes of division, fear and hate.

Dallas Express Excited to Announce New Website and Ad Campaign Highlighting Brand History

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021
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DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dallas Express is proud to announce the launch of their updated website featuring an easier to use navigation across all their stories.

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  • DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dallas Express is proud to announce the launch of their updated website featuring an easier to use navigation across all their stories.
  • "The Dallas Express is dedicated to providing truth and facts in a way that is easy for our readership to access.
  • We have decided to take a proactive approach and constantly improve the functionality of our website," says Stacey Shelton, spokesperson for the Dallas Express.
  • Along with the launch of the newly redesigned website, the Dallas Express will be launching a new commercial campaign.

Master Sculptor, 98, Leaves 9/11 Elegy and Tribute in Desert Studio

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Friday, September 10, 2021

On the day the Twin Towers collapsed, master sculptor John Henry Waddell (February 14, 1921 November 27, 2019) had lived nearly a century of the human story.

Key Points: 
  • On the day the Twin Towers collapsed, master sculptor John Henry Waddell (February 14, 1921 November 27, 2019) had lived nearly a century of the human story.
  • Other figures like warriors for peace, joined them, as if lifted by the spirits of those who'd lost their lives on that day.
  • Over the decade it took for Waddell to sculpt this elegy, " Rising " grew to be a 30 figure, 50-foot-high bas relief.
  • In the documentary "The Reluctant Muse", Waddell admits it's not easy to define exactly what role art plays in modern society.

'MIXED: Exploring What It Means to Be Blended in America' by Jeanne Jones, is a well-researched, timely, and deeply personal analysis of race relations in contemporary America

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Monday, May 10, 2021
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Jones sets the stage by sharing an incident involving her son and a white nationalist whose violent words and actions were dismissed as "political beliefs", affirming the growing normalization of racism in America (KKK in khakis).

Key Points: 
  • Jones sets the stage by sharing an incident involving her son and a white nationalist whose violent words and actions were dismissed as "political beliefs", affirming the growing normalization of racism in America (KKK in khakis).
  • She challenges readers to understand their implicit biases and acknowledge the countless sobering statistics related to persistent racial socioeconomic gaps and disparities in the criminal justice system.
  • Jones illustrates how her privilege is consistently amplified in unexpected ways as she views the world through the lens of her husband, children, and their shared family experiences.\nKirkus Indie Reviews calls Mixed, "a well-researched, timely, and deeply personal analysis of race in contemporary America."
  • Candid, compelling, and ultimately revelatory, Mixed is a heartfelt, necessary, and timely exploration into the heart and soul of our nation.\nMixed is available everywhere books are sold, and Jeanne Jones is available for interviews, features, and virtual events.\nView original content to download multimedia: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mixed-exploring-what-it-means-to...\n'

CAIR Condemns Trump's Call for White Supremacist, Islamophobic Group Proud Boys to 'Stand By'

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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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Proud Boys have appeared alongside other hate groups at extremist gatherings like the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville.

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  • Proud Boys have appeared alongside other hate groups at extremist gatherings like the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville.
  • Indeed, former Proud Boys member Jason Kessler helped to organize the event, which brought together Klansmen, antisemites, Southern racists, and militias.
  • In 2017, the Proud Boys along with other white supremacist, neo-Nazi, anti-government, racist and Islamophobic groups took part in coordinated anti-Islam rallies nationwide.
  • The American Muslim community and CAIR are standing in solidarity with all those challenging anti-Black racism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy.