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Holly and Christian Kerodin appeared on Glenn Beck's The Blaze TV program to promote the Citadel.

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September 9, 2013

IREHR’s Long Investigation Winds Up on The Nation

IREHR began looking closely at Chris Kerodin and the Citadel well before Stephen Colbert lampooned the militia fortress idea on his television program in January. We began to piece-together the players involved, the ownership of the numerous corporate bodies, and the North Idaho land deal that anchored the project. In…

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September 9, 2013

Why I Marched in Washington and Went on Strike in Durham

I've worked in the fast food industry all of my adult life. In over 15 years working fast food jobs in North Carolina, the most I've ever made is $8.67 an hour. Today I work at Burger King and I make $7.85. Although I've dedicated years of my life to…

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September 9, 2013

Two Events in D.C., Ups and Downs

August 24, 2013 – Washington, DC – The 50th Anniversary for the March for Jobs and Justice. We made our way via Metro, my husband and I, my friend Julie – a white Unitarian, and my African-American friend Shelton and his 13 year old daughter, Jaya. Diverse in religion, race,…

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September 9, 2013

Resolution Passes Celebrating and Defending the 14th Amendment

A resolution regarding the attacks on the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the necessity of celebrating and defending the Amendment was written by IREHR'er Leonard Zeskind and submitted to his Kansas City, Missouri branch of the NAACP. It was then passed onto the national NAACP resolutions committee, and then…

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August 26, 2013

Day of Discovery at Kansas City Jewish Community Center

Leonard Zeskind taught a class on "Anti-Semites, Racists, Bigots and So-Called Nullification in Kansas and Missouri" at the August 25 Day of Discovery session for area Jews. About 35 attended the session, which included an added segment on Rev. Gerald Winrod, the Jayhawk Nazi. Otherwise the session began with an…

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August 20, 2013

Remembering the 20th Anniversary March in 1983

Stevie Wonder, Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul and Mary were among the singing performers that I remember. Congresswoman Bella Abzug waved her fist and gave it her all. Mrs. Coretta Scott King spoke early in the long afternoon of speakers. I don't remember Rev. Joseph Lowery's speech, although both he…

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July 22, 2013

Bonner County Idaho Human Rights Task Force Celebrates a Surprise Donation

Bonner County, Idaho, situated in the northern panhandle of the state of Idaho, is a place of incredible natural beauty. With an overwhelmingly rural white population of 38,000--7,400 of whom live in the county seat of Sandpoint—it has a long history of opposition to neo-Nazis and white nationalists of various…

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July 22, 2013

2013 NAACP Convention Presses for Justice – “We Shall Not Be Moved”

Trayvon Martin and Voting Rights Dominate Orlando Meetings Under the banner “We Shall Not Be Moved,” the NAACP convened its 104th convention in Orlando, Florida. “The state of the NAACP is strong,” NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous told the more than 3,000 delegates, members and observers who gathered at the…

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June 12, 2013

Remembering Medgar Evers

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers, the first NAACP Field Secretary for Mississippi. Commemorative events have already started. The NAACP held a national board meeting in Jackson; replete with visits to historic sites. NAACP local chapters are holding events all over the…

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June 4, 2013

Keeping the Hard-Core Racist in the Dog House in South Carolina

On May 24, IREHR published an article detailing the white nationalist, Tea Party and anti-immigrant activities of Roan Garcia-Quintana, who South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley had named as a co-chair of her re-election campaign. Four days later, Gov. Haley asked for and received Garcia-Quintana’s resignation from that post. While it…

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IREHR’s Long Investigation Winds Up on The Nation

Why I Marched in Washington and Went on Strike in Durham

Two Events in D.C., Ups and Downs

Resolution Passes Celebrating and Defending the 14th Amendment

Day of Discovery at Kansas City Jewish Community Center

Remembering the 20th Anniversary March in 1983

Bonner County Idaho Human Rights Task Force Celebrates a Surprise Donation

2013 NAACP Convention Presses for Justice – “We Shall Not Be Moved”

Remembering Medgar Evers

Keeping the Hard-Core Racist in the Dog House in South Carolina

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