Your Silence Will Not Protect You.

[ginamariewade]

Working in the library at Temple this morning, I found a book about the Klan's campaign against Jews in Mississippi during the civil rights movement in the 60s.
Terror in the Night by Jack Nelson. I'm about halfway through reading it now

Comments

[planettom]

I thought this was interesting: That restaurant in Athens that was Herbie's, 1985-1993, was, before that, Blanche's Open House, 1966-1984.

Before that, circa 1964, the place was a hangout for the KKK and under
investigation by the FBI: Read this 2003 article:
http://www.johntedge.com/open-house/

As of 2003, the storefront was a church.

[ginamariewade]

THanks for this link.

The Paul Strickland mentioned as the triggerman in the shooting at the housing project was, I'm pretty sure, the same Paul Strickland who owned Strickland's Restaurant downtown. I ate a lot of his cooking while I lived in Athens.

Chilling.

I have noticed differences between North and South even now

[9thkvius]

After moving up here to Cambridge, I noticed one major difference between the Jews I know here and the Jews I knew living in Alabama. Up here, I see men wear their yarmulke all the time. Despite knowing many Jews when I lived in Alabama, I can't recall a single instance of any of my Jewish friends wearing one. Not one. It was my understanding that this was done to not make themselves readily identifiable as Jews to people who might otherwise do them harm or discriminate against them.

Re: I have noticed differences between North and South even now

[pigri]

your icon is made of win and god.

Re: I have noticed differences between North and South even now

[ginamariewade]

it has to do with levels of religious observance as well.

[valarltd]

I doubt the protestant ministers' failure to speak out was so much out of fear as it was out of complicitness.

Many preachers held high ranks in the Klan and preached a Serpent Seed theology to the Klan rallies and a watered down form to their parishioners.

[ginamariewade]

I know this, but this book is pretty clear that it was more cowardice than complicity.

[barry_king]

One advantage, though, is how the local paper can't be complicit as easily with the IntarWeb. A lot of these incidents "never happened" because nobody reported them and the victims were too frightened to make their case known.

[ruakh]

The Internet makes it possible for anyone to hear what they want to hear, and for anyone to be heard by people who want to hear them. That's amazing and wonderful and important, but it does have some fundamental limitations.

[gonewithoutjam]

I think you just articulated a brick wall I've been banging my head against for what feels like far too long.

[arago41]

Thanks for sharing the information. I found it really interesting.
The support the Klan at that time had was far reaching. More then likely those Minster's were part of the Klan or knew what would happen to them if the stood up and said anything.

Not that it was right.