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The Ku Klux Klan or KKK is deeply rooted in the post Civil War history of the United States. They are three of the most familiar words and letters in almost any language, synonymous with hatred, intimidation and murder. Hosted by Colin D. Heaton. The Forgotten History Channel is a 10th Legion Pictures Production.

He's made Newsweek and USA today. One of the headlines read, "Tennessee judge goes on tirade about crime among black men being 'more effective' than KKK." Montgomery County Judge Wayne Shelton was on the bench talking to murder suspect Vincent Merriweather when he said, "I grew up in a time where people wore white robes and they shot at black people, and now we see young, black men wearing black hoodies shooting at black men and doing a much more effective job than the Klan ever thought about doing." "My initial reaction was, he was on point," said Jimmie Garland,...

On Monday, students at Indiana University Bloomington mistook a priest for a Klu Klux Klan member, taking to social media to express their fear of the alleged Klansman, who they claimed was carrying a whip, and dressed in “white robes.”

If Republicans nominate Donald Trump as their presidential candidate, he would be the least popular major party nominee in at least three decades of Washington Post-ABC News polling. Trump's unfavorable rating stood at 67 percent - two-thirds of all Americans - in a March Post-ABC poll, including 56 percent who had a "strongly" unfavorable impression of him. Just 3 in 10 had a favorable impression of Trump (15 percent "strongly"). American politicians tend to be more unpopular than usual these days, but it's hard to overstate how bad Trump's numbers are with all Americans. In fact, Trump's highly negative ratings...

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KLAN MURDER TRIAL HALTED AFTER FIRST DAY By Steve Pope Philadelphia, Mississippi (June 16, 2005)The trial of the accused mastermind behind the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi was suddenly halted today when the defendant was rushed to the hospital. After listening to the testimony of Rita Bender, wife of Michael "Mickey" Schwerner one of the three victims, the defendant Edgar Ray "Preacher" Killen was taken to a Neshoba County hospital after suffering from high blood pressure. Killen, 80 who was out of the courtroom during Bender's testimony, but who could hear her testify from an adjacent...

An Open Letter to the Democratic Party By Frances Rice We, African American citizens of the United States, declare and assert: Whereas in the early 1600’s 20 African men and women were landed in Virginia from a Dutch ship as slaves and from that tiny seed grew the poisoned fruit of plantation slavery which shaped the course of American development, Whereas reconciliation and healing always begin with an apology and an effort to repay those who have been wronged, Whereas the Democratic Party has never apologized for their horrific atrocities and racist practices committed against African Americans during the past...

<p>The top Senate Democrat yesterday defended a colleague's assertion that Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a former Klansman, would have been a great leader during the Civil War.</p> <p>Sen. Tom Daschle said there was "no parallel" between Sen. Christopher J. Dodd's praise of Mr. Byrd and Republican Sen. Trent Lott's praise of former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond.</p>

Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W. Va) criticized President Bush yesterday for giving the United States the image "of a belligerent bully," and said Bush's contrasting handling of threats posed by North Korea and Iraq revealed major flaws in his foreign policy. Byrd said Bush appeared eager to apply his doctrine of preemptive military action against less powerful countries such as Iraq, but not against countries that may pose a nuclear threat, such as North Korea.