AFT Resolution

KU KLUX KLAN AND AMERICAN NAZI PARTY

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO opposes actions and philosophical views of the KKK and the American Nazi Party and urges that any illegal acts of these groups be prosecuted to the fullest. The American Federation of Teachers supports educational programs which foster multi-cultural awareness and understanding; and

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers, through its publications, informs its members of the history, ideas and current revival of the KKK and the American Nazi Party and makes available materials suitable for classroom use; and

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers prints in the American Teacher this resolution in full and that the American Federation of Teachers works with other labor and human rights groups to stop the influence of the Klan and Nazi Party.

(1982)