BELLINGHISTORY with the GOOD TIME GIRLS

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The Podcast: The Worst Bad Town


The Worst Bad Town (Re-release)

Summary

In this episode we discuss the history of the Ku Klux Klan, aka the KKK, here in Bellingham, Whatcom County and the PNW. This episode is a re-release from the 2020 season of “Bad Town” on the City of Subdued Podcast, hosted by Annika Fleming, Maria Dalla Gasperina and yours truly along with Good Time Girls founder Marissa McGrath. Listen with care.


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FURTHER RESOURCES

Article by Emily Stout in the Western Front: The history of the KKK in Bellingham

The Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project at UW: The Ku Klux Klan In Washington State

Bellingham Racial History Timeline

Some ephemera can be found at our original post from 2020.


Black history month RESOURCES

Western Washington University’s Black History Month Event Schedule: Back to Black: A Legacy of Art

Western Washington University Libraries highlighted materials for Black History Month

Bellingham Public Library Honors Black History Month

Black Heritage Society of Washington State

Black Washington – the first app and educational platform dedicated to exploring the remarkable statewide stories and rich cultural legacy of Washington State’s Black community.

Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest: African Americans in the Modern Northwest

Revisit Washington: African American Heritage in Washington State