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Ku Klux Klan's first Grand Wizard commemorated in billboard erected at the foot of Selma [trunc]
UK Daily Mail ^
| March 7, 2015
| Mia De Graff and Sophie Jane Evans
Posted on 03/07/2015 10:20:31 AM PST by C19fan
Today, the President will commemorate the hundreds of people brutally attacked on a bridge in Selma 50 years ago during a peaceful protest for racial equality. But just this week, a billboard was erected within sight of the historic location in memory of a Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest. It has prompted outrage in the Alabama city as many claim it demonstrates underlying racial tensions that linger half a century after the march. The sign, bearing a portrait of Forrest on horseback and a Confederate flag, stands at the foot of Edmund Pettus Bridge - which is named after a former KKK Grand Wizard.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: alabama; bloodysunday; democrathistory; democratscandals; edmundpettus; friendsofforrest; kkk; kkkbillboard; nathanbedfordforrest; obamahateswhites; obamasracewar; ratcrime; selma; selmamarch; selmaplus50
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To: C19fan
The one thing missing from that billboard is mentioning that the KKK was organized by the Democratic Party.
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03/07/2015 12:53:51 PM PST
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AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: C19fan
Hell, Dave Chapelle was in the Klan.
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03/07/2015 1:01:03 PM PST
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: C19fan
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03/07/2015 1:09:59 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: stainlessbanner; wardaddy; rustbucket
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03/07/2015 1:26:11 PM PST
by
StoneWall Brigade
(Daniel 2 Daniel 7 Daniel 9 Revelation 13 Revelation 16 Revelation 17 Revelation 18 Revelation 19)
To: Dqban22
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03/07/2015 1:54:51 PM PST
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MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: C19fan
We have a Forrest St. in my town that was renamed to Forest years ago ,, runs south from the Mason Lodge that predated the Civil War... Coincidence?
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03/07/2015 3:31:15 PM PST
by
Neidermeyer
("Our courts should not be collection agencies for crooks." — John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 1986-)
To: dfwgator
Reminds me of an old bill Mauldin cartoon after WWII. A klansman is sitting at the table and his wife complains about his robes. “Blood stains again? And sheets are so hard to come by!”
To: C19fan
I've had to travel through Selma multiple times for business over the last several years. It is an outhouse. A run-down, dilapidated cesspool.
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03/07/2015 5:16:26 PM PST
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Viking2002
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To: C19fan
Forrest surrendered near Selma months after his vaunted rear guard from Franklin/Nashville
Freepers who gloat Dems bad and GOP Gods from day one are in my humble opinion
Stupid
So enjoy your post Civil a Rights utopia
Ain’t it purty?
Southerners feared black rule for a damned good reason
Come down here and get u some
Might I suggest Jackson Mississippi say west Fortification street and Bullard around 1130pm
Bring yer white skin and see what post Crow feels like
But be sure and remind them how righteous you are about race before they kill you
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03/07/2015 7:10:29 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(Dems hate western civilization and GOP are cowards...We are headed to a dark place)
To: 9422WMR; Organic Panic
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04/25/2015 5:52:37 PM PDT
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