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Thirty-four people died during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which lasted nearly a week and involved widespread violence and looting across the city.
Over 100 calls a day flood the hotline of the Traditionalist American Knights, a KKK faction claiming to be the fastest growing in the U.S.
Wharlest Jackson Sr.'s unsolved murder in 1967 highlights the civil rights movement's complexities and the ongoing quest for justice by his family and community.
The Ku Klux Klan's evolution from a Reconstruction-era terror group to a decentralized movement during the Cold War highlights its violent campaign against civil rights.
34 persons were killed during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which erupted after the acquittal of police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King.
Three victims, including a 14-year-old boy, were shot with .22 caliber bullets in a series of racially motivated murders in Buffalo, New York.
In 1898, white supremacist Democrats in Wilmington, North Carolina, orchestrated a violent coup that resulted in the deaths of at least 60 black men and the overthrow of an elected government.
Fifteen shell casings were found at the scene of the execution-style murders of Gary Matson and Winfield Mauder in Happy Valley, California, in July 1999.
More than 3,200 people were arrested during the Birmingham protests, which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. discussed in a June 1963 interview.
Larnell Bruce, a 19-year-old Black man, was murdered in 2016 in Gresham, Oregon, by a white supremacist, highlighting the pervasive threat of racial violence.
On February 12, 1946, Sgt. Isaac Woodard was beaten and blinded by police in Batesburg, South Carolina, after confronting a bus driver.
In Rio de Janeiro, police operations between 2016 and 2021 resulted in over 1,000 deaths, predominantly affecting black communities and perpetuating cycles of violence.
The Ku Klux Klan, under leaders like Thomas Robb and Ron Edwards, has seen a resurgence in violent activities and partnerships with extremist groups.
For decades, Native American children were forcibly separated from their families, leading to ongoing efforts by communities to heal from this historical trauma.
31-year-old Steve Howard serves as the Imperial wizard of the North Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a group that claims to have softened its image.
In 1956, Nat King Cole was attacked on stage by a group of white men from the audience while performing at the Boutwell Auditorium.
A recent poll revealed that 48% of Americans were either not at all or not very aware of Juneteenth, a holiday marking the end of slavery.
Washington, D.C., had more listings in the Green Book than any other city, providing essential resources for African Americans traveling during Jim Crow.
