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Stephen J. Ross

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
288 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

who were in Atlanta at the time as well.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

But they proved much more violent and much more extreme than the Klan.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

They were the first group to call for the mass murder of Jews.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

And as for blacks, we ultimately want to deport them to Madagascar.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

But in the meantime, we don't want any black man, woman, or children murdered.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

moving into the working class white areas.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

And they sent patrols out there.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

And in several cases, people were beaten up.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

Homes were bombed.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

When trucks would come, moving vans would come in, they'd be greeted by 100 people or so, and they weren't able to move into their home.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

And they were saying that within 10 years, we will elect the mayor, we will elect a governor.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

And within 10 to 20 years, we will elect a president of the United States behind this incredibly racist, violent organization.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

Well, the ADL and the Anti-Nazi League were very much alert to what was going on.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

And the first spy they hired was Stetson Kennedy, a southerner who was also from Florida.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

His uncle had been a Klan leader, and he was a New Dealer, hated by his own family, drummed out by his family.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

And when his friends were all being drafted and he was too small for the draft, he decided he would go ahead and fight his own battle.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

He reports back that the Colombians are getting bolder and bolder.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

And right now, he has gone on a run with them to collect dynamite and guns.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

And they want to dynamite a Black Baptist convention in Savannah.

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The spy network that took on America's Nazi groups

And he's very nervous that these guys are not just bluffing, that these guys really can carry this through.