Ku Klux Klan Act cited in U.S. hearing on antisemitism at colleges

Baptist Press Reports: Among acts alleged in the lawsuit, students were harassed, blocked from attending classes, prevented from traveling their normal campus routes, subjected to such chants as “death to Israel” and “death to Jews,” and were sometimes physically attacked. The lawsuit filed June 5, cites Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as several sections of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, codified in Section 1983 of U.S. Code.

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By Diana Chandler, posted July 1, 2024 in National News, Persecution, World & Politics

WASHINGTON D.C. (BP) — During the Reconstruction Era, Congress passed the Ku Klux Klan Act in a failed attempt to speed enforcement of 14th Amendment rights for Blacks and protect the disenfranchised population from rampant Ku Klux Klan (KKK) violence.

Today, following months of antisemitic and anti-Zionist protests and barricades on several college campuses in the U.S., religious liberty attorney Mark Rienzi cited the act in calling for Congress to ensure enforcement of federal laws protecting Jews from religious and ethnic persecution. The Rest of The Story Here

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