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“B” is for Boyce, James Pettigru (1827-1888). Minister, educator.

In his book Grant’s Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan Guy Gugliota offers a gripping story of the early years after the Civil War and the campaign led by President Ulysses S. Grant’s attorney general Amos T. Akerman to destroy the Ku Klux Klan. Akerman, a former Georgia slaveholder and the only Southerner to serve in a Reconstruction cabinet, was the first federal lawman to propose using the Fourteenth Amendment to prosecute civil rights violations.Gugliotta uses newspapers, documents, and first-person stories, including thousands of pages of testimony under oath taken by a Congressional joint committee tasked in 1871 to study the Ku Klux Klan, a breathtaking compilation of accounts by Ku Klux targets, their attackers, local and national politicians, public officials and private citizens. The result is a vivid portrait of the Reconstruction South through the career of this surprising man.Guy joins us in conversation this week to talk about how Grant and Akerman took down the Klan.

“B” is for Boyce, James Pettigru (1827-1888). Minister, educator.

“W “is for Woodmason, Charles (ca.1720?). Clergyman.

“W “is for Woodrow, James (1828-1907). Scientist, educator, college president.

We are officially in a La Niña watch. This indicates a high likelihood of a transition from neutral to La Niña occurring during October to December 2025.

“W “is for Woodmason, Charles (ca.1720?). Clergyman.

“W “is for Woodmason, Charles (ca.1720?). Clergyman.

NOAA’s October weather outlook points to warmer-than-average temperatures across much of the U.S., including the Southeast, with drought conditions likely to worsen without significant rainfall.

Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025