The Chris Hedges Report: The Psychology of White Supremacists

Published 2022-08-19
In 1966, the Mississippi Ku Klux Klan assassinated Black civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer. A new book from former Boston Globe reporter Curtis Wilkie, "When Evil Lived in Laurel: The White Knights and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer," offers a rare look into the inner workings of white supremacist organizations, and how their violence was aided and abetted by politicians, law enforcement, and the media.

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All Comments (21)
  • The best lead-in theme ever! . . . "Terrorized all my days!"
  • @YoMamaRice
    thank you for having this conversation. America makes it nearly impossible to have these conversation.
  • @cheri238
    Thank you , Chris Hedges for having Curtis Wilkie on. I saw this a few months ago and I bought his book. An incredible and insightful book filled with integrity. Being that I was born and raised in Alabama, I have an understanding of the late fifies and sixties being born to a family that never taught prejudiced in any form, as we were basically farmers who worked with both black and white, as we were not wealthy. Those were ruthless days and now look at us in 2023. I am a voracious reader of many books that brings American history and world histories on all sides to gather more knowledge in these days of enormous divisions. This was ingrained in me to read books at an early age by my parents. With the deepest appreciation and respect for this discussion on your program.
  • @Walter-vi3vh
    Thanks to the Real News for airing Chris Hedges. Hats off to Curtis Wilkie.
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  • @therealnews
    Happy Friday, y'all. Who's excited for a NEW live premiere from Chris Hedges?!
  • Now - that's what I call 'Real News'!! Cheers for that Chris Hedges. 👍🏿
  • @RoodiniCats
    Great interview. Thanks for bringing us this book and writer
  • It’s absurd that a platform that hosts someone of Chris hedges caliber needs to fundraise. Everyone involved with this channel deserves better. God bless the outcasts.
  • No good or bad deed ever goes unrewarded. What goes around comes around. KARMA has no time limits.
  • Chris Hedges, Abby Martin and those like them, show us what real journalism looks like!
  • @juligrlee556
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  • @SonnyMeadows
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  • @romesking4204
    That intro was lit Never knew I liked Blues so much I'm a jazzy kinda guy Thank you Mr. Hedges for all you do....🤎🖤
  • @c-ccoates503
    My grandfather was a labor a organization in Portland Oregon with the iww. Trying to unionize a warehouser mill. Police, pirntertions,and the kkk went after him and his family (my mother was in grade school at the time and got harassed). In 1952 the family home that grandfather built himself was burned to the ground by the kkk. No one was killed thankfully.