A Brief History of the KKK What is the history of the KKK? It all starts with the Civil War. On March 21, 1861, Confederate Vice President Alexander Stevens declared in his Cornerstone Speech: “Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea {of the United States’ Constitution declaring equality for everyone}; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone…
“Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society…In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way…
What is the War on Drugs? The war on drugs is not a war in the defense of public health; it is, from its very foundation, a racist political agenda created to control non-white people by creating laws to strip them of their rights. In the 1970s, towards the end of the Vietnam war, anti-war protestors were becoming…
