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Letter: Forum’s story on KKK is much-appreciated
Thank you and thanks to Patrick Springer for the excellent articles on the KKK in the Red River Valley. It was historical journalism at its best.
Tuesday, March, 05, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Thank you and thanks to Patrick Springer for the excellent articles on the KKK in the Red River Valley. It was historical journalism at its best.
Tuesday, March, 05, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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COLUMN: Why the KKK hood incident at Red River HS was so disturbing
GRAND FORKS — I’d like to explain why people got so upset at the Red River High School students who wore KKK hoods at the state hockey tournament.
Thursday, February, 28, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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GRAND FORKS — I’d like to explain why people got so upset at the Red River High School students who wore KKK hoods at the state hockey tournament.
Thursday, February, 28, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Lawsuit says doctors cut ‘KKK’ into SD Indian's skin; others don’t see it
LAS VEGAS — It could be akin to those cases in which believers see the face of the Virgin Mary in a taco shell or a suburban tree trunk, but a American-Indian lawyer in South Dakota doesn’t think so: He filed a federal lawsuit this week on behalf of a man who says surgeons carved the initials KKK into his stomach during heart surgery.
Tuesday, July, 17, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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LAS VEGAS — It could be akin to those cases in which believers see the face of the Virgin Mary in a taco shell or a suburban tree trunk, but a American-Indian lawyer in South Dakota doesn’t think so: He filed a federal lawsuit this week on behalf of a man who says surgeons carved the initials KKK into his stomach during heart surgery.
Tuesday, July, 17, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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ACLU to represent KKK in Ga. 'Adopt-A-Highway' program fight
ATLANTA — The American Civil Liberties Union will help the Ku Klux Klan in its bid to join Georgia's highway cleanup program as a legal fight looms.
Wednesday, June, 27, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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ATLANTA — The American Civil Liberties Union will help the Ku Klux Klan in its bid to join Georgia's highway cleanup program as a legal fight looms.
Wednesday, June, 27, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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After his death, family discovered ‘Uncle Rudy’ was in KKK
FARGO – Neila Mae Johnson knew the amiable family friend as “Uncle Rudy.” Rudolph Bener was an immigrant from Croatia and spoke with a thick Slavic accent. He worked for years at the Ford plant on Broadway, and listed his occupation when he immigrated to Fargo in 1910 as mechanic.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – Neila Mae Johnson knew the amiable family friend as “Uncle Rudy.” Rudolph Bener was an immigrant from Croatia and spoke with a thick Slavic accent. He worked for years at the Ford plant on Broadway, and listed his occupation when he immigrated to Fargo in 1910 as mechanic.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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As academic exercise, Davies once debated pro-KKK position
FARGO – Ronald N. Davies, who achieved fame for his role as a federal judge who forced the integration of schools in Little Rock, Ark., once argued on behalf of the Ku Klux Klan as an academic exercise.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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FARGO – Ronald N. Davies, who achieved fame for his role as a federal judge who forced the integration of schools in Little Rock, Ark., once argued on behalf of the Ku Klux Klan as an academic exercise.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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School weighs response to KKK stunt, remains mum on punishment
GRAND FORKS – School administrators say they’re still developing ways to address the student body after three Red River High School students dressed in Ku Klux Klan garb at a hockey game Friday night.
Tuesday, February, 26, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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GRAND FORKS – School administrators say they’re still developing ways to address the student body after three Red River High School students dressed in Ku Klux Klan garb at a hockey game Friday night.
Tuesday, February, 26, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Former ND Gov. Arthur Sorlie had to fight accusations he was KKK supporter in 1920s
GRAND FORKS – Arthur Gustave Sorlie is remembered today as the namesake for the Sorlie Memorial Bridge spanning the Red River here. He served as North Dakota’s 14th governor from 1925 to 1928, and was a successful Grand Forks businessman as the owner of a bakery that made bread and crackers.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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GRAND FORKS – Arthur Gustave Sorlie is remembered today as the namesake for the Sorlie Memorial Bridge spanning the Red River here. He served as North Dakota’s 14th governor from 1925 to 1928, and was a successful Grand Forks businessman as the owner of a bakery that made bread and crackers.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Letter: Republicans create conditions for intolerance to raise ugly head
Recently, three Grand Forks Red River students wore KKK garb at a hockey game. Their actions gained local and national negative attention. The issue in North Dakota then turned to how we as communities respond to racist and intolerant acts and how our government should protect us from the same.
Tuesday, March, 19, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Recently, three Grand Forks Red River students wore KKK garb at a hockey game. Their actions gained local and national negative attention. The issue in North Dakota then turned to how we as communities respond to racist and intolerant acts and how our government should protect us from the same.
Tuesday, March, 19, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Demonstrator praises school action against students in KKK garb
GRAND FORKS - Danny G. Holwerda Jr. stood at a street corner near Red River High School on Tuesday morning, holding a sign with the phrase “Racism will not stand.”
Wednesday, February, 27, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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GRAND FORKS - Danny G. Holwerda Jr. stood at a street corner near Red River High School on Tuesday morning, holding a sign with the phrase “Racism will not stand.”
Wednesday, February, 27, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Rochester family unsettled by driveway swastika
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Rochester police say they have no suspects after racist graffiti was found on a family's driveway.
Wednesday, May, 23, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Rochester police say they have no suspects after racist graffiti was found on a family's driveway.
Wednesday, May, 23, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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Hot Topics: Student told to leave classroom for wearing Romney shirt
A Philadelphia teenager says she was humiliated when her geometry teacher told her to remove the Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan T-shirt she was wearing in class.
Saturday, October, 06, 2012 - INFORUM - Life
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A Philadelphia teenager says she was humiliated when her geometry teacher told her to remove the Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan T-shirt she was wearing in class.
Saturday, October, 06, 2012 - INFORUM - Life
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Letter: Students should be ashamed
It was less than a month ago when the Grand Forks Red River student section was in hot water after unsportsmanlike conduct at a January hockey game against Fargo North (refer to Hannalee Volk’s Feb. 5 letter), and yet they were back to their bad habits once again Feb. 22 in a hockey game versus Davies High.
Wednesday, February, 27, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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It was less than a month ago when the Grand Forks Red River student section was in hot water after unsportsmanlike conduct at a January hockey game against Fargo North (refer to Hannalee Volk’s Feb. 5 letter), and yet they were back to their bad habits once again Feb. 22 in a hockey game versus Davies High.
Wednesday, February, 27, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion
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Officials say district may show Grand Forks students Fargo video about segregation case
GRAND FORKS - A school administrator here says officials are still developing ways to address the student body after three Red River High School students dressed in Ku Klux Klan garb at a hockey game Friday night
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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GRAND FORKS - A school administrator here says officials are still developing ways to address the student body after three Red River High School students dressed in Ku Klux Klan garb at a hockey game Friday night
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Hockey fans dressed like Klan members identified, 'action is being taken,' Grand Forks school official says
GRAND FORKS – The principal of Red River High School here says appropriate action is being taken after three students briefly donned Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods Friday night during a state hockey semifinal game against Fargo’s Davies High School.
Saturday, February, 23, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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GRAND FORKS – The principal of Red River High School here says appropriate action is being taken after three students briefly donned Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods Friday night during a state hockey semifinal game against Fargo’s Davies High School.
Saturday, February, 23, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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Obama effigy in Duluth called ‘terroristic threat’
DULUTH, Minn. – Claudie Washington, representing the Duluth chapter of the NAACP, called the effigy of President Barack Obama hung from a noose both a terroristic threat and a hate crime, and he called on law enforcement authorities to prosecute it as such.
Saturday, November, 10, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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DULUTH, Minn. – Claudie Washington, representing the Duluth chapter of the NAACP, called the effigy of President Barack Obama hung from a noose both a terroristic threat and a hate crime, and he called on law enforcement authorities to prosecute it as such.
Saturday, November, 10, 2012 - INFORUM - News
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The history of the Klan in the Red River Valley
In the mid-1920s, Ku Klux Klan attracted thousands of followers, wielded political power in area
FARGO - Three mischievous fans of the Roughriders’ hockey team flouted a taboo when they recently wore hooded Ku Klux Klan robes to taunt the opposing squad. But the Red River High School hockey spectators might not have known just how prevalent the Ku Klux Klan once was in the Red River Valley – nor that Grand Forks, home of Red River High, was a hotbed for the group, which railed against Catholics, blacks, Jews, Asians and foreigners.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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In the mid-1920s, Ku Klux Klan attracted thousands of followers, wielded political power in area
FARGO - Three mischievous fans of the Roughriders’ hockey team flouted a taboo when they recently wore hooded Ku Klux Klan robes to taunt the opposing squad. But the Red River High School hockey spectators might not have known just how prevalent the Ku Klux Klan once was in the Red River Valley – nor that Grand Forks, home of Red River High, was a hotbed for the group, which railed against Catholics, blacks, Jews, Asians and foreigners.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - News
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