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White power movements in US history have often relied on veterans -- and not on lone wolves

  • Written by Kathleen Belew, Associate Professor of History, Northwestern University
imageA member of the Ku Klux Klan shouts at counterprotesters during a July 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Va., calling for the protection of Southern Confederate monuments.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

For decades, the white power movement has gained steady momentum in the U.S. Kathleen Belew is an expert on the history of the white...

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