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Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically expressed through terrorism. Since the mid-20th century, the KKK has also been anti-communist. The current manifestation is splintered into several chapters with no connections between each other; it is classified as a hate group. It is estimated to have between 3,000 and 5,000 members as of 2012.
The first Klan flourished in Southern United States in the late 1860s, then died out by the early 1870s. Members adopted white costumes: robes, masks, and conical hats, designed to be outlandish and terrifying, and to hide their identities. The second KKK flourished nationwide in the early and mid 1920s, and adopted the same costumes and code words as the first Klan, while introducing cross burnings. The third KKK emerged after World War II and was associated with opposing the Civil Rights Movement and progress among minorities. The second and third incarnations of the Ku Klux Klan made frequent reference to the USA's "Anglo-Saxon" and "Celtic" blood, harking back to 19th-century nativism and claiming descent from the original 18th-century British colonial revolutionaries. The first and third incarnations of the Klan have well-established records of engaging in terrorism and political violence, though historians debate whether or not the tactic was supported by the second KKK.
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter-performer who records and tours with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey.
Springsteen's recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born in the U.S.A. and Born to Run, showcase a talent for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily American life; he has sold more than 65 million albums in the United States and more than 120 million worldwide and he has earned numerous awards for his work, including 21 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award. He is widely regarded by many as one of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century, and in 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him as the 23rd Greatest Artist of all time.
Springsteen was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and spent his childhood and high school years in Freehold Borough. He lived on South Street in Freehold Borough and attended Freehold Borough High School. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, was of Dutch and Irish ancestry and worked, among other vocations, as a bus driver, although he was frequently unemployed; his surname is Dutch for jump stone. His mother, Adele Ann (née Zerilli), was a legal secretary and was of Italian ancestry. His maternal grandfather was born in Vico Equense, a city near Naples. He has two younger sisters, Virginia and Pamela. Pamela had a brief film career, but left acting to pursue still photography full time; she took photos for the Human Touch and Lucky Town albums.
David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan an American activist and writer, and former Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was a candidate in the Democratic presidential primaries in 1988 and the Republican presidential primaries in 1992. Duke has unsuccessfully run for the Louisiana State Senate, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and Governor of Louisiana.
A former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Duke describes himself as a racial realist, asserting that "all people have a basic human right to preserve their own heritage." He is in strong opposition to what he asserts to be Jewish control of the Federal Reserve Bank, the federal government and the media. Duke supports stopping both legal and illegal Non-European immigration, preservation of what he labels Western culture and traditionalist Christian "family values", strict Constitutionalism, abolition of the Internal Revenue Service, voluntary racial segregation, ardent anti-communism and white separatism.
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets aren't intent on holding a fair and impartial trial, Garth takes to the woods as the Klansmen lynching party hunts him down.
Keywords: african-american, alabama, anger, bare-breasts, based-on-novel, black-american, blaxploitation, castration, cross-cultural-relationship, false-accusation
Actors: James Rebhorn (actor), Chris Rock (actor), Bob Pepper (actor), Rick Kain (actor), Ron Killings (actor), Tracy Morgan (actor), Jeff Jarrett (actor), Bernie Mac (actor), Jude Ciccolella (actor), Reg E. Cathey (actor), Dylan Baker (actor), Brian James (actor), Keith David (actor), Robin Givens (actress), Nick Searcy (actor),
Plot: Mays Gilliam, a Washington D.C. neighborhood Alderman, is about to be red-lined out of his job. But after the untimely death of the party frontrunner, Gilliam is plucked from obscurity, and thrust into the limelight as his party's nominee--for President of the United States. The players in Gilliam's life include: Mitch Gilliam, his unsophisticated older brother who becomes his running mate; Kim, his ex-girlfriend who had once dumped him, but who now has a sudden change of heart as she sees a chance at becoming First Lady; Martin Geller, his campaign manager; Lisa Clark, the woman who truly believes in Gilliam; and Debra Lassiter, the woman who doesn't have faith in his candidacy, and is serving as his reluctant advisor.
Keywords: african-american, alderman, assassination-attempt, bail-bondsman, black-president, black-u.s.-president, broken-engagement, brother-brother-relationship, bus, camden-yardsActors: Brian Anthony Wilson (actor), Michael Shannon (actor), Yul Vazquez (actor), Will Smith (actor), Henry Rollins (actor), Oleg Taktarov (actor), John Salley (actor), Peter Stormare (actor), Jordi Mollà (actor), Joe Pantoliano (actor), Antoni Corone (actor), Michael Bay (actor), Martin Lawrence (actor), Jerry Bruckheimer (producer), Gabrielle Union (actress),
Plot: Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Bennett head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin, whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd, Marcus's sister.
Keywords: 2000s, absurdism, accidental-shooting, action-hero, ak-47, ambulance, amsterdam-netherlands, autopsy, bare-breasts, bare-chested-maleActors: John Turturro (actor), Emily D. Haley (actress), Stephen Root (actor), Michael Badalucco (actor), Daniel von Bargen (actor), Geoffrey Gould (actor), Ray McKinnon (actor), John Goodman (actor), Tim Blake Nelson (actor), Charles Durning (actor), George Clooney (actor), John McConnell (actor), Royce D. Applegate (actor), Tim Bevan (producer), Holly Hunter (actress),
Plot: Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters--among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning governor and his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find."
Keywords: 1930s, alienation, american-mythology, american-south, americana, apocalypse, banjo, bank, bank-robber, bank-robberyActors: J.K. Simmons (actor), Steven Randazzo (actor), Sam Rockwell (actor), Joe Mantegna (actor), Peter McRobbie (actor), Larry Pine (actor), Leonardo DiCaprio (actor), Kenneth Branagh (actor), Michael Lerner (actor), Dylan Baker (actor), David Margulies (actor), Adrian Grenier (actor), Hank Azaria (actor), Ian Somerhalder (actor), Tony Sirico (actor),
Plot: Lee Simon, unsuccessful journalist and wanna-be novelist, tries to get a foot into the door with celebrities. After divorcing his wife Robin, Lee gets to meet a lot folks of the rich and / or beautiful, partly through journalism, partly because he has a script to offer. But life among those from out-of-this-world is hard, and his putative success always results in defeat. Meanwhile Robin meets a very desirable TV-producer and takes the first steps in the world of celebrities herself.
Keywords: actor, actress, analyst, anger, aspiring-writer, aston-martin, atlantic-city-new-jersey, autograph, banana, basketball-playerActors: Paul Zaza (composer), Mary Tyler Moore (actress), Linda Lavin (actress), Patricia Norris (costume designer), Stan Cole (editor), Shirley Knight (actress), Frank Hoyt Taylor (actor), Paul Winfield (actor), Linda Lavin (producer), Bob Clark (director), Richard K. Olsen (actor), Sean Bridgers (actor), Pamela Williamson (miscellaneous crew), Wayne Grace (actor), Allison Mack (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Anna Hill Johnstone (costume designer), Chevy Chase (actor), George Wyner (actor), Richard Libertini (actor), Daniel Wheatcroft (miscellaneous crew), Titos Vandis (actor), Hal Holbrook (actor), Richard Belzer (actor), Phil Hartman (actor), Geoffrey Lewis (actor), Dennis Burkley (actor), R. Lee Ermey (actor), Don Hood (actor), Richard A. Harris (editor), Richard A. Harris (producer),
Plot: Fletch is a reporter for a Los Angeles newspaper, but he acts more like a detective. When an obscure relative leaves him a Louisiana mansion in his will, Fletch is naturally curious. Arriving in Louisiana, events occur that make him suspect that all is not well, and there is more to the property than he has been led to believe.
Keywords: amusement-park, bayou, biker, biker-bar, cartoon-on-tv, character-name-in-title, chemical-plant, church, cremated-remains, dragActors: Bryan Clark (actor), Haskell V. Anderson III (actor), Bill Berry (producer), Ed Heath (actor), Bill Berry (director), Le Tari (actor), Michael Hodge (actor), Roy Jefferson (actor), Billy Berry (editor), Ronald Goldman (producer), Greg Kelly (actor), Brian Donohue (actor), Don Schmidt (actor), Jim Bradley (actor), Ron David (actor),
Plot: After antagonizing a Caucasian male, three black men: Raymond Moffat, Junior Moffat and Ned Tiese go on the run; join the army; fight Vietnamese; make dough selling dope; and return home to Kincaid County. They decide to assist oppressed citizens to be more assertive, and with the preacher's help, get them registered to vote. This does not auger well with minority Caucasians - who feel threatened, put on Ku Klux Klan hoods, amidst signs to 'Fight Communist and Intergration' and launch an all-out attack with impunity. Things get even more complicated when a black woman is sexually molested, a black male is blamed, and the Sheriff is shot dead, leaving corrupt lawmen and heavily armed Klansmen free to slay whoever dares to oppose them.
Keywords: 1970s, african-american, blaxploitation, ku-klux-klan, racism, revenge, vietnam-war, vigilantism, violenceActors: Bryan Clark (actor), Haskell V. Anderson III (actor), Bill Berry (producer), Ed Heath (actor), Bill Berry (director), Le Tari (actor), Michael Hodge (actor), Roy Jefferson (actor), Billy Berry (editor), Ronald Goldman (producer), Greg Kelly (actor), Brian Donohue (actor), Don Schmidt (actor), Jim Bradley (actor), Ron David (actor),
Plot: After antagonizing a Caucasian male, three black men: Raymond Moffat, Junior Moffat and Ned Tiese go on the run; join the army; fight Vietnamese; make dough selling dope; and return home to Kincaid County. They decide to assist oppressed citizens to be more assertive, and with the preacher's help, get them registered to vote. This does not auger well with minority Caucasians - who feel threatened, put on Ku Klux Klan hoods, amidst signs to 'Fight Communist and Intergration' and launch an all-out attack with impunity. Things get even more complicated when a black woman is sexually molested, a black male is blamed, and the Sheriff is shot dead, leaving corrupt lawmen and heavily armed Klansmen free to slay whoever dares to oppose them.
Keywords: 1970s, african-american, blaxploitation, ku-klux-klan, racism, revenge, vietnam-war, vigilantism, violenceActors: Gibson Gowland (actor), George Beranger (actor), John Ford (actor), Spottiswoode Aitken (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Edward Burns (actor), Fred Burns (actor), David Butler (actor), David Butler (actor), Bobby Burns (actor), Elmer Clifton (actor), Edmund Burns (actor), Donald Crisp (actor), Sam De Grasse (actor), D.W. Griffith (actor),
Plot: Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Keywords: 1800s, 1860s, 1870s, 19th-century, abolitionist, actor-playing-multiple-roles, american-civil-war, assassination, assassination-of-president, based-on-adaptationActors: Gibson Gowland (actor), George Beranger (actor), John Ford (actor), Spottiswoode Aitken (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Edward Burns (actor), Fred Burns (actor), David Butler (actor), David Butler (actor), Bobby Burns (actor), Elmer Clifton (actor), Edmund Burns (actor), Donald Crisp (actor), Sam De Grasse (actor), D.W. Griffith (actor),
Plot: Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Keywords: 1800s, 1860s, 1870s, 19th-century, abolitionist, actor-playing-multiple-roles, american-civil-war, assassination, assassination-of-president, based-on-adaptation