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The president's statement on Monday calling out racist groups, including the KKK, for violence in Charlottesville, Va., fits a pattern of how Trump has responded to such groups in the past.

One of the most influential religious figures of the 20th century, he radically changed the face of born-again Christianity from fundamentalism to a more embracing evangelicalism.

Senate Republicans want to speed the confirmation process for their colleague, Alabama's Jeff Sessions, to become Attorney General. Democrats and civil-rights groups are trying to pump the brakes.

Thirty years ago, Jeff Sessions' history of racial comments derailed him from a job as a federal judge. Now, President-elect Trump has nominated the Alabama senator to run the Justice Department.

Nearly a century ago, Dearfield, Colo., was a thriving African-American farm community, admired by many of its white neighbors. There were even early signs of integration. Then came the Dust Bowl.

Senate Republicans want to speed the confirmation process for their colleague, Alabama's Jeff Sessions, to become attorney general. Democrats and civil rights groups are trying to pump the brakes.

Duval County Public Schools is considering a name change for Nathan Bedford Forrest High School in Jacksonville, Fla. The school is named for a Confederate hero who was the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan -- and after five decades of debate, there appears to be momentum for change.

Airs Saturdays, Sept. 24-Nov. 19, Dec. 17 &31, 2016 & Jan. 7 & 14, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Creators of Mafia III, set in a fictionalized Louisiana, took a documentary approach to confronting players with prejudice and bigotry of the 1960s South from the perspective of a black protagonist.

The belief that more speech is the remedy for "bad" speech can be a principled stance. But racist hate speech may not be doing what free speech defenders think it is.