1925 ⟶ Bishop Alma Bridwell White's "The Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy"
The Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy is a 144-page book written by B...
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🪢 Lynching of Samuel Bierfield
Samuel Bierfield (d. 15 August 1868) is believed to be the first Jew lynched in the United States. Bierfield and his African-American clerk, Lawrence Bowman, were apprehended in Bierfield's store in Franklin, Tennessee and fatally shot by a group of masked men believed to belong to the Ku Klux Klan, on 15 August 1868. No one was ever convicted of the crime, however.⟶
LynchingKu Klux KlanUnited States19th CenturyViolenceAntisemitismBierfieldTennessee
United States🔥 Rise of Antisemitism in the US led by the Ku Klux Klan
Outbreak of antisemitism in United States, led by Ku Klux Klan.⟶
AntisemitismKu Klux KlanHate GroupsUnited StatesRacismWhite SupremacyEarly 20th CenturyNativism
United States📖 Bishop Alma Bridwell White's "The Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy"
The Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy is a 144-page book written by Bishop Alma Bridwell White in 1925 and illustrated by Reverend Branford Clarke. This book primarily espouses White's deep fear and hatred of the Roman Catholic Church while also promoting antisemitism, racism against African Americans, White supremacy, and Women's equality.⟶
Ku Klux KlanAntisemitismWhite SupremacyRacismReligious ExtremismUnited StatesPropagandaEarly 20th Century
United States📒 Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.⟶
Mein KampfAdolf HitlerAntisemitismNazismIdeologyGermanyWorld War IIPropagandaRacism
Germany🎤 Father Coughlin Begins Anti-Semitic Radio Broadcasts
Father Charles E. Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest, starts antisemitic weekly radio broadcasts in the United States.⟶
AntisemitismRadio PropagandaFather CoughlinUnited States1930sHate SpeechReligious AntisemitismPropaganda
United States💣 Ku Klux Klan Bombing of Beth Israel Synagogue
During the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, the leadership of Beth Israel spoke out against the Ku Klux Klan's attacks on black churches. In response, Thomas Tarrants of Mobile, Alabama, who had helped bomb the synagogue building of a different synagogue, Beth Israel Congregation, and its rabbi's house there (see previous entry in this timeline) bombed Beth Israel's education building on 28 May 1968. The force of the blast knocked down several walls of the education building and caved in part of the roof while also destroying a door at the opposite end of the synagogue building. A hole approximately 24 inches (61 cm) in diameter was left in the concrete floor, and damages were estimated to be around $50,000 (equivalent to $452,000 today). According to Sammy Feltenstein, past president of Congregation Beth Israel, pieces of stained glass that survived the bombing were salvaged and adorn the front window of the synagogue today. Later that year, on 30 June, Tarrants returned to Meridian to bomb the home of Meyer Davidson, an outspoken leader of the Jewish community, on 29th Avenue. But the FBI and police chief Roy Gunn convinced Raymond and Alton Wayne Roberts, local Klan members, to gather information about the Klan's operations, and leaders of the Jewish communities in Jackson and in Meridian had raised money to pay the two informants, who tipped off the FBI about the attack before it happened.⟶
Ku Klux KlanBombingSynagogueCivil Rights MovementUnited States1960sWhite SupremacyAntisemitismHate Crime
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