History is Rhyming

The first hearing by the January 6th Select Committee focused on the neo-fascist hate group The Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers militia. This episode of The Journeyman Unfiltered focuses on the through-line from the fear and intimidation tactics used in 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina, to the extrajudicial vigilantism of the Civil Rights era, to the rise in right-wing violence we see today.

Red Shirts at a polling place in Scotland County, North Carolina, on Election Day, November 8, 1898 | Source: Wikipedia

Referenced in this episode:

The Wilmington Massacre of 1898

America’s legacy of vigilantism against Blacks — and their white allies

January 6th Select Committee

“Black Wall Street” Tulsa Race Massacre

Elaine Massacre of 1919