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DESCRIPTION:From the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017, to 
 the role of white nationalists in the January 6 U.S. Capitol insurgency, 
 recent events have spotlighted white supremacist groups. To grapple with 
 these forces and broader problems of racism and inequality, we need a 
 deeper understanding of the Klan movement—the Ku Klux Klan and loosely 
 aligned white supremacist groups—and its influence on American political 
 development. In this talk, I share research from historical archives and 
 empirical data, including Klan speeches and newspapers, U.S. case law 
 records, congressional and FBI investigations, military tribunals, 
 newspaper reports, and prior studies, to illuminate how the Klan initiated 
 a recurring white supremacist movement that has cloaked itself in 
 constitutional patriotism as it has fought for an “invisible empire” 
 and “pure Americanism,” and against egalitarian democracy. This reveals 
 a more complex picture of the ‘what, why, who, how, where, and when’ of 
 the Klan, and a web of Klan influence on American politics, law, and 
 culture that has never been adequately recognized or overturned.\n\nUC 
 Santa Cruz Slugs & Steins event with Associate Professor of Politics 
 Elizabeth Beaumont.\n\nElizabeth Beaumont is Associate Professor of 
 Politics and past Director of Legal Studies at UCSC. Her research focuses 
 on constitutionalism and democracy, as well as civic engagement and 
 education. She is particularly interested in problems of unequal 
 citizenship, the relationship between citizenship, democracy, and 
 education, and how civic actors seek to shape rights, law, and political 
 power and policy. Associate Professor Beaumont received her Ph.D. in 
 Political Science from Stanford after earning a B.A. from Pomona College. 
 Before joining UC Santa Cruz, she was Associate Professor of Political 
 Science at the University of Minnesota where she was awarded the 
 university’s highest research award for junior faculty. Her work has 
 earned support from the Ford Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, the CIRCLE 
 Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, and the Edmund J. Safra Ethics Center 
 at Harvard University. She authored The Civic Constitution: Civic Visions 
 and Struggles in the Path Toward Constitutional Democracy (Oxford 
 University Press, 2014), which focuses on the role of several major civic 
 groups and social movements in shaping American constitutional creation and 
 change.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/08/31/18844617.php
SUMMARY:The Recurring Klan Movement’s Fight for “Americanism” and Against Equality
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/08/31/18844617.php
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