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Tag Archives: Ku Klux Klan

Choosing the Correct Career

April 8, 2018by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

First, please understand that I support the work of the thousands of police who protect us and do very hard work during very difficult times.  But I must enter this […]

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Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, U.S. History

The Question of First Amendment Rights

September 6, 2017by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

    “Silicon Valley is finally cracking down on white supremacists,” said Rob Price in BusinessInsider.com. In the aftermath of the violent rally in Charlottesville, VA, technology companies have blocked web […]

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Civil Rights, Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, U.S. History

I Am Outraged: Trump and David Duke

March 3, 2016by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

  Don’t read if you want me to seem politically correct or if your feelings are easily offended. I have history dealing with racists having been shot at and abused […]

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Civil Rights, Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, U.S. History

Confederate Parades

June 29, 2015by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

Ah, it didn’t take long for the Confederate parades to begin. Please don’t watch if you are offended by obscene language.   I remember smaller parades in front of my house […]

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African American History, Civil Rights, Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, the Book, The Civil Rights Movement, U.S. History, Voting Rights

Veiled Threats of the Past

March 10, 2015by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment
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African American History, U.S. History

The Ku Klux Klan Does Not Always Win

January 25, 2015by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

Normally I think of the Ku Klux Klan as attackers, but some times they are the attacked.  Check it out.

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African American History, Civil Rights, U.S. History

Compelling Retrospective

October 27, 2014by Sherie Labedis 1 Comment

October 19, 2014 By Christina Hamlett Format:Kindle Edition Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they […]

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Civil Rights, the Book

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: CONVERSATIONS WITH TODAY’S AUTHORS, PART 2

July 24, 2014by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

Q: Speaking of the KKK, what sort of tactics did they employ to try to encourage you and your fellow volunteers to leave? A: The most frightening situations involved fire […]

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The Civil Rights Movement, U.S. History, Voting Rights

You Read It Here First: Conversations with Today’s Authors, Part 1

July 15, 2014by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

Christina Hamlett conducted this interview with me for You Read It Here First.  If you are interested in books and authors please visit            http://fromtheauthors.wordpress.com/. Our […]

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Civil Rights, the Book, The Civil Rights Movement, Voting Rights

Book Review at Columbia Star

June 25, 2014by Sherie Labedis

You Came Here to Die, Didn’t You By Warner M. Montgomery A pretty blonde 18–year–old girl left her disapproving parents in California in June of 1965 to join the Civil […]

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African American History, Civil Rights, Life in these United States, the Book, The Civil Rights Movement, U.S. History

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