About this episode
The episode discusses a paramilitary training camp run by the Texas Klan in 1980, which also operated as a boy scout camp on weekends.
In 1980, Texas Klan Grand Dragon Louis Beam was running a paramilitary training camp outside of Houston. But they weren't just training klansmen for the race war. They ran a boy scout camp on the weekends. Sources and further reading: Belew, Kathleen. Bring the War Home : The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America. Harvard University Press, 2018. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/993/2128255/ https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/1017/2128803/ https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/543/198/1460786/ https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/30/archives/paramilitary-actions-irk-neighbors-of-texas-camp-charter.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/11/24/boy-scouts-taught-to-fire-weapons-strangle-opponents/1eec4466-569a-47a8-b2e1-ce60c763ffe7/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/23/Charge-Klan-teaches-scouts-how-to-strangle-people/2641343803600/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/24/Klan-member-trains-youths-at-paramilitary-camp/6144343890000/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/25/A-mother-says-two-teen-age-Explorer-scouts-who-attended/4442343976400/…
Topics covered
- paramilitary training
- Klan activities
- youth camps
- race war
- Texas history
Keywords
- Klan
- Louis Beam
- paramilitary camp
- Houston
- boy scouts
- race war
- 1980
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Texas Klan
Books & works: Bring the War Home : The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
Places: Houston
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