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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

American Front

Founded in the 1980s, American Front is one of the oldest racist skinhead groups in the United States. In recent years, most of its members were from California and Florida. The group's logo consisted of stylized letters... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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American Nazi Party

The American Nazi Party (ANP) was the first well-established neo-Nazi organization in the United States. It was founded by George Lincoln Rockwell in 1959. Several other groups formed from its remnants after Rockwell's assassination in 1967.

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Arrow Cross symbol

Originally used as a symbol for the Hungarian fascist party from 1935-1945, the arrow cross is currently used by many white supremacists and neo-Nazis. For example, it was the logo for the Nationalist Movement, a small white... Read more

Numbers / Symbols White supremacist

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Aryan Brotherhood of…

The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is the largest white supremacist prison gang in the state, and quite possibly in the entire United States. Formed in the 1980s, the group has a lengthy criminal history involving murder and... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Asatru Folk Assembly…

The Asatru Folk Assembly is a largely California-based neo-Volkish hate group with chapters in various states. Asatru is a Norse pagan religious sect, and while it is not a racist religion in itself, it has been adopted... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Aryan Nations

Aryan Nations was one of the most active neo-Nazi groups in the 1980s and 1990s but went into a substantial period of disintegration and factional fighting after the 2004 death of its founder, Richard Butler. Since 2004... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Benjamin Matthew Wil…

Benjamin Matthew Williams is a white supremacist who set fire to three California synagogues in 2001 with his brother, James Tyler Williams. They also killed a gay couple from Redding, California, in 1999.

People White supremacist

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Billy Roper

Billy Roper is a long-time leader in the white supremacist movement. He currently leads the Shield Wall Network, a tiny Arkansas-based neo-Nazi group. Roper got his start with William Pierce and the National Alliance. After Pierce's death... Read more

People White supremacist

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Hate Group

An organization whose goals and activities are primarily or substantially based on a shared antipathy towards people of one or more other different races, religions, ethnicities/nationalities/national origins, genders, and/or sexual identities. The mere presence of bigoted members... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions White supremacist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

White Separatism

White separatism is a form of white supremacy that emphasizes the idea that white people should exist separately from all inferior, non-white races, whether by establishing an all-white community somewhere or removing non-whites from their midst. Some... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions White supremacist