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Hyperlocal Hate

Are public events hosted by hate groups a new trend in Fort Worth? A miniseries testing the city's claim — from the 1920s KKK to now.

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Hyperlocal Hate: Paschal High's Legion of Doom

Hate group activity looked different in 1985. It was the era of isolated compounds, paramilitary training camps, pipe bombs, plots to poison the water supply, kill lists, armed standoffs, and vigilante "justice." In Fort Worth, it was the era of teenage neo-Nazis.

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Hyperlocal Hate: Klavern 101

A hundred years ago, white supremacists had no need to rent city facilities for their events. The Fort Worth Ku Klux Klan owned their own.

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Hyperlocal Hate: Introduction

Explore the past and present of hate in a place once considered so chill that a panther could sleep undisturbed in the street. Behind the civic myth-making, the reality is of over 100 years of hate-motivated rallies, lynchings, bombings, animal mutilations, and other acts of violence.