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Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy by Edward Ball

Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy by Edward Ball published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2020) $28.00 Hardcover $14.99 Kindle. Edward…

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The White League Monument at Liberty Place in New Orleans

On September 13, 1891 the New Orleans newspapers announced that the following day there was to be a celebration on Canal Street on the anniversary…

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The Battle of Liberty Place: White League Uprising Sept. 14, 1874

On September 12, 1874, a Saturday, posters began going up in New Orleans calling for the white people of the city to assemble at the…

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The White League Arms for Battle as Its Coup Draws Near

In September 1874 the City of New Orleans and nearby parishes saw the signs of an approaching military conflict. Street battles would not begin until…

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White League Makes an “earnest effort to re-establish a white man’s government” 1874

The Louisiana White league was nothing if not earnest in its effort to “re-establish a white man’s government” in Louisiana in 1874. Mixing the tools…

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Say Her Name: Julia Hayden, Black Teacher/White Death

Julia Hayden was a seventeen year old set to the exciting task of beginning her career as a teacher of young Black children in Tennessee….

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“The Whites Must Rule the Land or Die” Poetry of the White League

The White League dominated the conversation on race in Louisiana in the mid-1870s. Their newspaper, the Opelousas Courier, provides us with access to the politics…

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“The Courier passes into the hands of the White League” Louisiana 1874

In May of 1874 the Opelousas Courier newspaper fell under the control of the White League. The newspaper, whose first issues came out long before…

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Irish World Cartoon: White League “Leave the Negro Alone” Deep Dive

The Irish World, the most popular Irish immigrant newspaper in late 19th Century America, took a firm stand against white supremacist violence during Reconstruction. I…

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The Louisiana White League Formed July 1874

The White League was officially organized on July 1, 1874. It served as a combination radical white supremacist political organization and a militia successor to…

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