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How did one of the most popular movies in the country–a blockbuster of epic proportions–fuel the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan? And how, in just a few short years, did the Klan grow from small pockets of state chapters into a national social organization with a membership in the millions? The KKK and the prohibitionists of the 1920s worked hand-in-hand to turn America into a dry, white, Protestant-ruled nation. As booze dried up in towns across the nation, white supremacy began to rise.

Hosted by: Sharon McMahon

Executive Producer: Heather Jackson

Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

Written and researched by: Heather Jackson, Valerie Hoback, Amy Watkin, and Mandy Reid

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Daryl Davis (@realdaryldavis) is a musician, author, lecturer, host of the Changing Minds podcast, and anti-racism activist featured in the documentary Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch part one here!]

What We Discuss with Daryl Davis:

• How Daryl Davis, a black musician who was once told by a Ku Klux Klansman that he played piano "just like Jerry Lee Lewis," leveraged the encounter into a teachable moment that has led to more than 200 KKK members hanging up their robes for good.
• Why racism was such an unfathomable concept when Daryl first experienced it as a 10-year-old Cub Scout.
• How traveling around the world as a child with his diplomat father gave Daryl the tools he needed to sit down and relate to people vastly different from him.
• Why Daryl considers a missed opportunity for dialogue to be a missed opportunity for conflict resolution.
• The five values all humans have in common that Daryl uses to positively navigate (almost) any conversation.
• And much more...

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For years protesters have chanted that the 'cops and klan go hand in hand'. Today, we discuss the very real history behind that, and how it influenced the birth of American policing.

FOOTNOTES:

1. KKK in the PD
2. The Red Summer of 1919, Explained
3. At least 2,000 more black people were lynched by white mobs than previously reported, new research finds
4. Extremist cops: how US law enforcement is failing to police itself
5. Yesterday’s Ku Klux Klan members are today’s police officers, councilwoman says
6. The FBI’s Secret Rules
7. Ku-Klux: The Birth of the Klan during Reconstruction
8. The US government destroyed the Ku Klux Klan once. It could do so again
9. Constituting whiteness: The National Horse Thief Detective Association and racial mores in Indiana, 1850–1930
10. When Watchmen were Klansmen
11. The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

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In 2018, director Spike Lee brought the story of Ron Stallworth to the big screen to great effect. Today, Josh and Chuck discuss the true story behind the Oscar nominated film. 

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In Part Two on the Ku Klux Klan, Robert is joined by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to discuss how The KKK became a multi-level marketing scheme.

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In Episode 44, Robert is joined by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to discuss the origin and rise of the Ku Klux Klan.

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