The people, groups and symbols at Charlottesville
Numerous radical-right figures and groups were present at the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville last weekend. Here is a list of some of the most prominent, with links to SPLC resources about them. We also delve into some of the alt-right symbols that were on display.
People
Jason Kessler, event organizer
- Jason Kessler: white nationalist blogger
- Alt-right activist Jason Kessler arrested again amid Confederate monument protests
- Alt-right blogger’s brushes with the law accompany his racial activism
- Jason Kessler’s Unite the Right rally must move to different park, according to Charlottesville officials
Richard B. Spencer
- Richard Bertrand Spencer: one of the country’s most successful young white nationalist leaders
- Richard Spencer launches ‘alt-right’ website on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday
- White nationalist Spencer’s ties to Southern cotton fields
- Defiant and angry, white nationalist Richard Spencer promises Auburn speech will go on
- Richard Spencer’s speech at Auburn met with protests and even disinterest
- Richard Spencer leads white nationalists at torch rally
- Competing alt-right ‘free speech’ rallies reveal infighting over white nationalism
Bradley Dean Griffin
- Bradley Dean Griffin: exporter of alt-right tactics
- Forget the South, Occidental Dissent’s Brad Griffin stumps for Trump
- Amid growing neo-Confederate rifts, Brad Griffin advocates for new ‘Alt-South’ movement
Christopher Cantwell
Matthew Heimbach
- Matthew Heimbach: face of a new generation of white nationalists
- The Little Führer
- White nationalist Matthew Heimbach banned from the United Kingdom
- White nationalist filmed shoving protesters at Trump rally faces charges
- Trump, Sacramento and the future of white nationalism: an interview with Matthew Heimbach
- Slew of criminal charges possible following white nationalist rally
- White nationalist Matthew Heimbach claims Trump directed supporters to remove protesters
- White nationalist Matthew Heimbach pleads guilty to disorderly conduct
David Duke
- David Duke: the most recognizable figure of the American radical right
- Former Klan leader expelled from Italy
- David Duke claims Zionists are behind YouTube’s plan’s to jerk his videos
- David Duke again takes advantage of media airtime to lie and mislead
- Former Klan leader David Duke announces U.S. Senate bid
Michael Hill
- Michael Hill: most important proponent of the neo-Confederate movement
- League of the South president: whites endowed with divine ‘superiority’
- The League of the South’s Michael Hill makes a stand for Southern nationalism in a journal on Holocaust denial
- League of the South chief talks about race war, ‘Jewry’
- Past as prelude: the League of the South and the origins of the neo-Confederate ‘Cushman’ flag
- The League of the South’s Michael Hill is having a bad year
Augustus Sol Invictus
- Austin Gillespie: Augustus Sol Invictus
- Augustus Sol Invictus is a self-proclaimed ‘god’ who kills goats and has serious issues with women
Groups
Traditionalist Worker Party
- Traditionalist Worker Party: white nationalist group
- Violent clashes erupt in Sacramento between white nationalists and ant-fascists
- Matt Heimbach’s Traditionalist Youth Network is cutting deals with Holocaust deniers
- Hate, hypocrisy and head wounds: Matthew Heimbach at Hammerfest
Ku Klux Klan
- Ku Klux Klan: the oldest of American hate groups
- Ku Klux Klan: A history of racism and violence
- Active Ku Klux Klan groups
- Knights of the Ku Klux Klan: founded by David Duke in 1975
- Loyal White Knights: the infamous Klan group falling apart at the seams
- Ku Klux Klowns
- KKK plans rally at Stone Mountain, Georgia park considered for MLK memorial
- KKK overwhelmed by counter-demonstrators at Virginia rally
Vanguard America
League of the South
- League of the South: a neo-Confederate group
- Meet the League: State chairmen and organizers of the League of the South
- League of the South to protest ‘Southern demographic displacement’
- Purported League of the South member among those arrested at Auburn protests
- League of the South announces formation of ‘Southern Defense Force’
- Florida League of the South involved in arrest, beating at Charlottesville rally
Identity Evropa
- White nationalists work to make inroads at U.S. colleges
- Nathan Benjamin Damigo: the racist, ex-felon force behind Identity Evropa
Proud Boys
- Do you want bigots, Gavin? Because this is how you get bigots
- New alt-right ‘fight club’ ready for street violence
Symbolism
The “blood and soil” chant
The “Kek” meme
