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Olympia, Washington activists at George Floyd protest chant ‘All cops are bastards!’
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(1922) Wyatt Mordecai Johnson, “The Faith of the American Negro”
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Louisiana governor conferred with president on KKK
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Denver Neighborhood with Ties to KKK Recommends Name Change
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Tennessee Governor W.C. Brownlow declares martial law
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1915
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15
1965
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Ida B’s Pulitzer was late but right on time –
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