Comments on: 'The Birth of a Nation': When Hollywood Glorified the KKK http://www.historynet.com/the-birth-of-a-nation-when-hollywood-glorified-the-kkk.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Thu, 23 May 2013 03:22:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: AP: Reading for Roaring — and Repressive — 1920s « Mr. Rickman's blog http://www.historynet.com/the-birth-of-a-nation-when-hollywood-glorified-the-kkk.htm#comment-880362 AP: Reading for Roaring — and Repressive — 1920s « Mr. Rickman's blog Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:54:28 +0000 #comment-880362 [...] ‘The Birth of a Nation’ When Hollywood Glorified the KKK [...] [...] 'The Birth of a Nation' When Hollywood Glorified the KKK [...]

]]> By: No Oscars for Hollywood pro-torture film | Dear Kitty. Some blog http://www.historynet.com/the-birth-of-a-nation-when-hollywood-glorified-the-kkk.htm#comment-831712 No Oscars for Hollywood pro-torture film | Dear Kitty. Some blog Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:09:55 +0000 #comment-831712 [...] matter whether it ‘works’ or not. Zero Dark Thirty condones torture. … If the deeply racist Birth of a Nation was released today, would we vote to honor it? Would we give an award to [German filmmaker] Leni [...] [...] matter whether it ‘works’ or not. Zero Dark Thirty condones torture. … If the deeply racist Birth of a Nation was released today, would we vote to honor it? Would we give an award to [German filmmaker] Leni [...]

]]> By: UNA HI202: Discussion Board #2 (Due Feb. 20 11:59 p.m.) « Mr. Rickman's blog http://www.historynet.com/the-birth-of-a-nation-when-hollywood-glorified-the-kkk.htm#comment-789000 UNA HI202: Discussion Board #2 (Due Feb. 20 11:59 p.m.) « Mr. Rickman's blog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:14:14 +0000 #comment-789000 [...] ‘The Birth of a Nation’ When Hollywood Glorified the KKK [...] [...] 'The Birth of a Nation' When Hollywood Glorified the KKK [...]

]]> By: ‘Birth of a Nation’ souvenir book | Auction Finds http://www.historynet.com/the-birth-of-a-nation-when-hollywood-glorified-the-kkk.htm#comment-783932 ‘Birth of a Nation’ souvenir book | Auction Finds Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:20:09 +0000 #comment-783932 [...] The savior of the country, according to the movie, was the Ku Klux Klan, which terrorized black people for decades, and with their lawlessness intimidated and killed them at will. The movie spurred an increase in Klan membership, and the group even used it to recruit new members. [...] [...] The savior of the country, according to the movie, was the Ku Klux Klan, which terrorized black people for decades, and with their lawlessness intimidated and killed them at will. The movie spurred an increase in Klan membership, and the group even used it to recruit new members. [...]

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