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.
Referenced in this episode:
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
America’s legacy of vigilantism against Blacks — and their white allies
“Black Wall Street” Tulsa Race Massacre
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