History X

A governor declares war on the Klan. The Klan ousts the governor. Political violence is baked into American history.

Show Notes

The governor orders the National Guard to string barbed wire around the capitol building and take up defensive positions with machine guns.

The Ku Klux Klan, after a campaign of terror against the governor’s supporters, calls for his ouster. The governor promises to pardon anyone who shoots a klansman.

The KKK taunts the governor in the press, and headlines tell citizens to prepare for war.

No, this is not some The Plot Against America-style alternative history on Netflix. It is the scene-setting for an actual coup d’etat in the American heartland in the 1920s...

What is History X?

History X amplifies true stories from history that have been repressed, suppressed, or simply forgotten. Host Russell Cobb discusses how our understanding of history is shifting in popular culture and what to make of the falling statues and renaming of places. History X explores the forgotten corners of dusty archives and talks to people with intimate knowledge of events outside the mainstream.