Posted on Feb 8, 2022
Bomb threats against Black institutions are deeply rooted in U.S. history
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From her office in Birmingham, Ala., DeJuana Thompson looks across the street and sees a daily reminder of terror. Her window overlooks the 16th Street Baptist Church, where a bomb in 1963 killed four young Black girls.
"Living in the era of bomb threats is not new to people of color," said Thompson, president and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
Nearly six decades after that bombing by the Ku Klux Klan, the FBI is now investigating last week's bomb threats against at least 17 historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. Thompson said the threats underscore the need to teach new generations the history of violence targeting people of color so the lessons of the past can be applied to the present.
From her office in Birmingham, Ala., DeJuana Thompson looks across the street and sees a daily reminder of terror. Her window overlooks the 16th Street Baptist Church, where a bomb in 1963 killed four young Black girls.
"Living in the era of bomb threats is not new to people of color," said Thompson, president and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
Nearly six decades after that bombing by the Ku Klux Klan, the FBI is now investigating last week's bomb threats against at least 17 historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. Thompson said the threats underscore the need to teach new generations the history of violence targeting people of color so the lessons of the past can be applied to the present.
Bomb threats against Black institutions are deeply rooted in U.S. history
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Unfortunately those who feel like this became emboldened 5 years ago and still haven't crawled back under their rocks.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, powerful read and share of the most interesting.....
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SPC Margaret Higgins MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. PFC David Foster Sgt (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) PO2 Marco Monsalve LTC David Brown SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] PO1 Tony Holland SSG William Jones 1SG Dan Capri SPC Nancy Greene PO1 Tony Holland SrA John MonettePO1 Tony Holland
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As an added note, PO1 William "Chip" Nagel, the Ku Klux Klan or KKK was noted in the referenced news article... I found the following about the Late Democrat Senator Robert Bird, which is quite interesting... That was one big national, State and Local anti-black organization... It was feared by many... Here is the link:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/15/viral-image/robert-byrd-wasnt-grand-wizard-kkk-he-once-led-loc/ (Note that it is true that former Senator Robert Bird was NOT a Grand Wizard of the KKK, but He was a local chapter leader...) There are also others affiliated or agreed with the KKK philosophy... The link is provided as added information, as it is part of Black History Month...
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/15/viral-image/robert-byrd-wasnt-grand-wizard-kkk-he-once-led-loc/ (Note that it is true that former Senator Robert Bird was NOT a Grand Wizard of the KKK, but He was a local chapter leader...) There are also others affiliated or agreed with the KKK philosophy... The link is provided as added information, as it is part of Black History Month...
PolitiFact - Robert Byrd wasn’t a Grand Wizard of the KKK but he once led a local chapter
An old photograph of former Vice President Joe Biden has been circulating online as some social media users try to tie t
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MSG Thomas Currie
The KKK was nothing but the militant wing of the Democratic Party -- or perhaps more accurately the Democratic Party was just the political wing of the KKK.
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