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In 1940s North Carolina, a Communist-led union of tobacco workers fought to bring democracy to the Jim Crow South.

While the country may be accustomed to Trump firing off falsehoods with abandon, some may be surprised to hear that the Chicago police, whose high-profile brutality has launched countless protests, have themselves become protesters. What was going on in Chicago? What was President Trump endorsing?

Trump has persistently condemned the National Football League's players' peaceful and silent protests. Up until last week when the NFL reversed course, the league and the union had repeatedly affirmed players' First Amendment rights.

Those who contended that Roseanne shouldn't have been fired for her views, would not have backed Colin Kaepernick's right to free expression or any of his NFL colleagues', who are threatened with a ban for kneeling during the national anthem in protest against racism.