HOUSTON – In the aftermath of the recent protests and deaths in Charlottesville, Virginia, the national conversation about racism in America has dramatically increased.
So too have the efforts of the Anti-Defamation League in combating hate and bigotry locally and nationally.
Dena Marks is the Associate Director of the Southwest Region of the ADL and is a guest on this week’s Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall.
“Domestic terrorism’ is what some are calling the Charlottesville incident that killed a protestor.
Marks says one of the white supremacist groups in Charlottesville has been on the ADL radar and has committed crimes in the Houston region. She provides this statistic about violence in the United States.
“Of the several hundred extremist-related murders in the U.S. over the past 10 years, 74 percent were committed by right-wing extremists and 24 percent were committed by Islamic extremists.
Only 2 percent were committed by left-wing extremists and Black nationalists -- and none of those were by antifa.”
Find out how the ADL is teaming up with the Houston community to fight hate
And After Charlottesville Teaching About Racism
ALSO
Crime Stoppers of Houston is adding anti-terrorism to its options.
Rania Mankarious is the executive director and says there will be a free educational seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 6 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. called “Terrorism Talks: A Global Terrorism Snapshot 16 years after 9/11.”
Video: Terrorism talks Rania Mankarious, Rose Terry
Now we’re saying call us before something is going to happen, if you know of a terrorist activity that’s about to happen and you’re aware of details.”
Mankarious is joined by Lt. Rose Terry, the Crime Stoppers Unit Commander and 31-year veteran of the Houston Police Department
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Nineteen black soldiers were hanged and 41 given life sentences as a result of the racially motivated Camp Logan Mutiny 100 years ago near what is now known as Memorial Park.
WATCH: Newsmakers Extra: Camp Logan
A week of programs at the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum between Aug. 21-26 will delve into the racial atmosphere that led to that horrible time in Houston’s history and look at the lessons still being learned today.
Video: Angela Holder, Paul Matthews talk about Camp Logan
Houston Community College professor Angela Holder is a descendant of one of the men hanged
and joins Buffalo Soldiers National Museum founder P.J. Matthews on this week’s program and in this Camp Logan Newsmakers Extra.
• Dena Marks, Associate Director, Anti-Defamation League ,713-627-3490, www.houston.adl.org Twitter: @ADL_National
• Rania Mankarious, Executive Director, Crime Stoppers Houston, 713-521-4600 or Tip Line 713-222-TIPS (8477) , www.crime-stoppers.org Twitter:@CrimeStopHou
• Rose Terry, Unit Commander, Crime Stoppers Houston, 713-521-4600, www.crime-stoppers.org
• Angela Holder, HCC Professor of History & Curator of Camp Logan Mutiny Exhibit, Angela.Holder@hccs.edu
• Captain P.J. Matthews Ret., Founder, Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, 713-942-8920 www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com Twitter: @BSNMuseum
