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*The [[Nation of Yahweh]] is a religious group based in the United States described as black supremacist by the SPLC. It is an offshoot of the [[Black Hebrew Israelites|Black Hebrew Israelite]] line of thought. It was founded by American [[Yahweh ben Yahweh]] (born Hulon Mitchell Jr.), whose name means "God the Son of God" in [[Hebrew]]. The Nation of Yahweh grew rapidly throughout the 1980s and at its height had headquarters in Miami, Florida, and temples in 22 states.<ref name=SPLC1>{{cite web |author=Mark Potok |title=Popularity and Populism |work=Intelligence Report |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2001/popularity-and-populism |date=November 29, 2001 |accessdate=July 9, 2016}}</ref>
*The [[Nation of Yahweh]] is a religious group based in the United States described as black supremacist by the SPLC. It is an offshoot of the [[Black Hebrew Israelites|Black Hebrew Israelite]] line of thought. It was founded by American [[Yahweh ben Yahweh]] (born Hulon Mitchell Jr.), whose name means "God the Son of God" in [[Hebrew]]. The Nation of Yahweh grew rapidly throughout the 1980s and at its height had headquarters in Miami, Florida, and temples in 22 states.<ref name=SPLC1>{{cite web |author=Mark Potok |title=Popularity and Populism |work=Intelligence Report |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2001/popularity-and-populism |date=November 29, 2001 |accessdate=July 9, 2016}}</ref>
*The [[United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors]] was founded by the American [[Dwight York]], who has been described by the SPLC as advocating the belief that black people are superior to white people. The SPLC reported that York's teachings included that "whites are 'devils', devoid of both heart and soul, their color the result of leprosy and genetic inferiority". The SPLC described the Nuwaubianism belief system as "mix[ing] black supremacist ideas with worship of the Egyptians and their pyramids, a belief in UFOs and various conspiracies related to the [[New World Order (conspiracy theory)#Illuminati|Illuminati]] and the [[Bilderberg Group#Criticism|Bilderbergers]]".<ref name=Nuwaubian>{{cite web |author=Bob Moser |title=United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors Meets Its Match in Georgia |work=Intelligence Report |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2002/united-nuwaubian-nation-moors-meets-its-match-georgia |date=September 20, 2002 |accessdate=July 9, 2016}}</ref>
*The [[United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors]] was founded by the American [[Dwight York]], who has been described by the SPLC as advocating the belief that black people are superior to white people. The SPLC reported that York's teachings included that "whites are 'devils', devoid of both heart and soul, their color the result of leprosy and genetic inferiority". The SPLC described the Nuwaubianism belief system as "mix[ing] black supremacist ideas with worship of the Egyptians and their pyramids, a belief in UFOs and various conspiracies related to the [[New World Order (conspiracy theory)#Illuminati|Illuminati]] and the [[Bilderberg Group#Criticism|Bilderbergers]]".<ref name=Nuwaubian>{{cite web |author=Bob Moser |title=United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors Meets Its Match in Georgia |work=Intelligence Report |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2002/united-nuwaubian-nation-moors-meets-its-match-georgia |date=September 20, 2002 |accessdate=July 9, 2016}}</ref>
*The [[Nation of Islam]]

The [[Associated Press]] described the teachings of the [[Nation of Islam]] as having been black supremacist until 1975, when [[Warith Deen Mohammed|W. Deen Mohammed]] succeeded [[Elijah Muhammad|his father]] as its leader.
The [[Associated Press]] described the teachings of the [[Nation of Islam]] as having been black supremacist until 1975, when [[Warith Deen Mohammed|W. Deen Mohammed]] succeeded [[Elijah Muhammad|his father]] as its leader.



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Black supremacy or black supremacism is a racial supremacist belief that black people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds. The term has been used by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), an American legal advocacy organisation, to describe several fringe religious groups in the United States.

Groups associated with black supremacist views

Central portion of Tama-Re, a village in the U.S. state of Georgia built in 1993 by the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, as seen from the air in 2002

Several fringe groups have been described as either holding or promoting black supremacist beliefs. A source described by historian David Mark Chalmers as being "the most extensive source on right-wing extremism" is the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), an American nonprofit organization that monitors all kinds of hate groups and extremists in the United States.[1][2] Authors of the SPLC's quarterly Intelligence Reports described the following groups as holding black supremacist views:

The Associated Press described the teachings of the Nation of Islam as having been black supremacist until 1975, when W. Deen Mohammed succeeded his father as its leader.

After Elijah Muhammad's death in 1975, his son, Warith Deen Mohammed, changed the name of the organization to "World Community of Islam in the West" (and twice more after that), and attempted to convert it to a mainstream Sunni Muslim ideology.

In 1977, Louis Farrakhan rejected Warith Deen Mohammed's leadership and re-established the Nation of Islam on the original model which the Associated Press described as black supremacist.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ David Mark Chalmers (2003). Backfire: How the Ku Klux Klan Helped the Civil Rights Movement. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 188. ISBN 0-7425-2311-X.
  2. ^ Brett A. Barnett (2007). Untangling the web of hate: are online "hate sites" deserving of First Amendment Protection?. Cambria Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-934043-91-2.
  3. ^ "Racist Black Hebrew Israelites Becoming More Militant". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center. August 29, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  4. ^ "'General Yahanna' Discusses Black Supremacist Hebrew Israelites". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center. August 29, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  5. ^ Mark Potok (November 29, 2001). "Popularity and Populism". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  6. ^ Bob Moser (September 20, 2002). "United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors Meets Its Match in Georgia". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  7. ^ "Former Nation of Islam leader dies at 74". MSNBC. Associated Press. September 9, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2017.