Ku Klux Klan

How Sam Lacy helped integrate Major League Baseball

2013-04-22 11:12:00

Like most films depicting historic accounts of real-life events, the bio-epic "42" carries the immediate disclaimer that it is based on a true story, leaving room for interpretive analysis and creative license. Consequently, dramatic interpretations are...

Boston bombing suspect belongs in civilian court

2013-04-22 12:00:49

A 19-year-old naturalized American citizen is accused of committing a crime of violence in the United States, and a gaggle of elected officials are urging for him to be treated as an enemy combatant and placed in the hands of the military. Not just the...

Towson officials try to reassure community about student patrols

2013-03-27 17:31:48

Towson University is trying to reassure its student population and address the concerns of national civil rights groups after a pro-white race student group recently announced it would conduct crime-watching patrols at night. Matthew Heimbach, a Towson...

Liberal obsession with race is growing old

2012-12-24 04:00:00

When will liberals stop living in the past? Specifically, when will they accept that they aren't all that stands between a wonderful, tolerant America and Jim Crow? I was in the room when, during the Democratic National Convention, civil rights hero...

Commentary: 'Pullmen Porter Blues' at Arena Stage brings flood of family memories

2012-12-25 13:39:00

When I went to see "Pullman Porter Blues" at Arena Stage this month, not only was it an opportunity to see an excellent play, but it was also a chance to delve into my own heritage. Set in 1937, "Pullman Porter Blues" is the story of three generations...

Anti-gay fundraising sets poor example

2012-10-15 07:30:00

I am a parent to triplet 7th graders, a stepchild, and a newborn son. I am also a lesbian. This week, two organizations in which my children participate, the Columbia Clippers Swim Team (run by the Columbia Aquatics Association) and the Lime Kiln Middle...

'True Blood' recap: Season 5, Episode 9, 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World'

2012-08-05 19:12:00

Exhibit 23 of how ridiculous most of this episode was: Sookie actually says, "I'll be fine once I wash the pig out of my hair." The season has tried my patience. It's not horrible, it's not great. Some moments are pretty great in a very campy way (I...

Goodbye, Buddy Roemer

2012-06-02 00:00:00

Stop the presses! Buddy Roemer is no longer running for president. If Mr. Roemer's name doesn't ring a bell, don't feel bad. Although he has been campaigning doggedly for a year and a half, most Americans surely have never heard his name. Mr. Roemer, a...

Gibson: Henson shouldn't go to jail

2012-06-15 07:37:00

I am not a friend of Julius Henson. Most often, Mr. Henson and I have been political enemies. I have not seen him or spoken with him for several years. But I wish to express my view that what is happening to him is unjust and a threat to democracy. I...

Students at Baltimore County school make racist drawing involving Obama during class

2012-06-13 17:30:00

Students at a Baltimore County high school drew a racially offensive picture on a classroom board last week and then sent it out on Twitter, prompting the principal to call police and suspend several students. The picture, drawn during class at Eastern...

Sun's cannibal coverage promotes racist views

2012-06-19 06:45:00

Liz Bowie reports that three Eastern Technical High Schools students were suspended over racist drawings depicting nooses, the KKK, and racist vulgarities among other things ("Students make racist drawing during class in Balto. Co.," June 14). The...

Romney flip-flops, and so does Obama; what's wrong with that?

2012-05-03 11:35:00

What's that you say? You don't hear much about President Barack Obama's flip-flopping? How about: 1) the Obama reversal regarding child farm-labor regulations; 2) the president's (to quote The New York Times) "revers[ing] his two-year-old order halting...

This KKK flier was left on the doorstep of an African-American family in east Orange over the weekend.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

This copy of the Klansman, a Ku Klux Klan publication, is part of a trove of extremist papers and literature donated to the the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University by the Southern Poverty Law Center last week.

2013-04-29 14:04:24

A student takes a close look at a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood displayed at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama.

2013-04-11 10:44:26