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TEACING TEACHING - Southern Poverty Law Center
www.splcenter.org2 SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER // TEACHING HARD HISTORY // AMERICAN SLAVERY. History is not the past. It is the present. We . ... torically rooted causes of their problems. The intractable nature of racial inequality . is a part of the tragedy that is American slav-ery. But the saga of slavery is not exclusively a
Ku Klux Klan - Southern Poverty Law Center
www.splcenter.orgtory books. After World War I, a new version of the Klan sputtered to life and within a few years brought many parts of the nation under its para-lyzing grip of racism and blood shed. Then, having grown to be a major force for the second time, the Klan again receded into the background. This time it never quite disappeared, but it never again com-
under siege - Southern Poverty Law Center
www.splcenter.org4 under siege: life for low-income latinos in the south Executive Summary i Tennessee, a young mother is arrested and jailed when n she asks to be paid for her work in a cheese factory. i Alabama, a migrant bean picker sees his life savings n confiscated by police during a traffic stop.