National Association for the Advancement of White People
| Abbreviation | NAAWP |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1980 |
| Headquarters | Metairie, Louisiana |
Region served | United States |
The National Association for the Advancement of White People (NAAWP) is a name that has been used for several white advocacy organizations in the United States,[1] deriving its name from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.[2][3]
Delaware, 1953
The first organization was originally incorporated on December 14, 1953 in Delaware by Bryant Bowles. The following year an article was written on the organization by Time magazine.[4] In September 1955, the Deputy Attorney General of Delaware took action to revoke its corporate charter.[5]
Louisiana, 1979
In 1979, David Duke left the Ku Klux Klan and incorporated a new group taking the name of the defunct National Association for the Advancement of White People.[6] It was headquartered in Metairie, an unincorporated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans.
In 1998, the organization had local chapters in Ardmore and Selma in Alabama; Harrison and Texarkana in Arkansas; Conyers and Hogansville in Georgia; Paducah in Kentucky; Brookhaven, Escatawpa, Hazlehurst, McComb, Oxford, Petal, Philadelphia, Sontag, and Union Church in Mississippi; as well as in Murfreesboro and Nashville in Tennessee.[7]
The organization was described as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 1998.[7] The SPLC described it as a white supremacist organization who distribute "their own hateful propaganda" to white schoolchildren in the United States.[8]
The NAAWP advocated opposition to affirmative action programs and a strong law and order stance, such as favoring the death penalty and three strikes laws.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Applebome, Peter (February 16, 1989). "Klan's Ghost Haunts Louisiana Vote". The New York Times.
- ^ Glaberson, William (March 22, 1998). "15 Hate Groups in Region, Monitoring Organization Says". The New York Times.
- ^ Heidi Beirch; Kevin Hicks (2009). "White Nationalism in America". In Perry, Barbara (ed.). Hate Crimes. Praeger. p. 111. ISBN 978-0275995690. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Education: Racial Flare-Up". Time. 11 October 1954.
- ^ "White Supremacy Leader Arrested". Indianapolis Recorder. October 16, 1954. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ Bridges, Tyler (1995). The Rise of David Duke. University Press of Mississippi. p. 85. ISBN 978-0878056842.
- ^ a b "RECOGNIZED 'HATE' GROUPS". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. June 21, 1998. p. 2. Retrieved December 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Intelligence Report, Fall 2000, Issue Number: 100". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
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