Klan
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. —President Trump in his first term proved a windfall for the Southern Poverty Law Center, the antiracism nonprofit famed for its courtroom wins against the Ku Klux Klan decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
The center filed lawsuits aimed at bankrupting Klan organizations, unsympathetic defendants that made easy targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
For a few years, Keyssar notes, the federal government was actively intervening to protect the rights of Black voters in the former Confederate states against entities such as the Ku Klux Klan.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2025
Some readers announced they were canceling their Times subscriptions, saying they didn’t want their money to support a publication that, somehow, gave a thumbs-up to the Klan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025
I was both afraid of the Klan and fascinated by them.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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