Word: klan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...longer mad at the good whites who felt Blacks were equal as long as they did not try to live in their neighborhoods, date their children or start running things. All the violent rage that had so frightened them was directed at the racists, the Southerners, the Ku Klux Klan, but not people who "even had some Black friends...
...more accessible intros on the album--a fairly conventional guitar line sans distortion--launches "Chapel Hill," a piece that speeds into a frenzy as it brutally mocks the "terrorized face" of a certain North Carolina senator and his Klan connections. "Jesse H. coming to our pit," Moore quips, "All ages show...
...consternation of some black civil rights leaders, Morris Dees, the white Alabama civil rights lawyer famed for successfully fighting the Ku Klux Klan in court, is also in the nominee's corner, arguing that Carnes is not a racist but just a man who has capably pursued his duty as a prosecutor. The Harvard-trained lawyer has prosecuted two state judges for making racist remarks in court and has defended blacks in civil rights lawsuits...
Today a crew-cut Slater walks Denver's streets in a gray wool suit with a small Klan pin on his lapel. He carries a cocky attitude and a black Samsonite briefcase; inside is a copy of American Nazi George Lincoln Rockwell's White Power. His favorite slogan -- "Equal Rights for Everybody; Special Privileges for Nobody" -- even shows a gift for glib phrasemaking...
...green van with his boys and a loudspeaker system, a regular racist road show, holding rallies from Georgia to Colorado. He will probably draw more protesters, TV crews and publicity, which will bolster his membership, increase his profits and, of course, foment hatred and violence. Whether the Klan wears a hood and a robe or a business suit, its message is unchanged...