RESISTANCE OR RENEGADE?
THE NEWT KNIGHT CONTROVERSY
“If someone—no matter what their color—was being mistreated or being used, if a poor person was being used by someone to get rich, that was a simple wrong that needed to be righted in Newt’s eyes….He did so deliberately, and to hell with the consequences.” 1
Matthew McConaughey
Star of The Free State of Jones
“I wouldn’t have him in my house. He was in it for himself. Some people are far too enamored of the idea that he was Martin Luther King, and these are the same people who believe the War Between the States was about slavery, when nothing could be further from the truth.” 1
John Cox
Sons of Confederate Veterans