White Terrorism And Black Churches

Feeling Rebloggy"Though many might not know it, white supremacists are a central part of America's history of labeling, combating and responding to terrorism.

In 1871, Congress passed a law known as the "Ku Klux Act," giving President Ulysses S. Grant broad latitude, including martial law, to track down and punish members of the Ku Klux Klan. At the time, the group had made a habit of harassing and often brutally murdering African Americans, but also Republicans of all races because of their views on political issues involving race.

One of the group's favored tactics involved the singling out of outspoken black individuals and community leaders, subjecting them to horrific torture and then, leaving behind said person's mutilated corpse. The tactic had two aims: (1) to silence the outspoken; (2) to discourage those left alive from emulating the dead. It was a form of organized physical violence with strong psychological elements. It was domestic terrorism.

And blacks who challenged white supremacy are the very reason that the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) denomination and Emanuel AME exist."

Washington Post

READ MORE ON THE GAP BETWEEN WHITE and BLACK PERCEPTIONS OF DYLANN FOOT'S TERRORISM :

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/07/03/why-blacks-see-dylann-roof-as-a-terrorist-and-whites-dont/?postshare=6871436056646142