In 2021, 23 hate groups were tracked in Illinois

Groups in Illinois

There are 6 statewide hate groups in Illinois not displayed on the map

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ACT for America
Anti-Muslim Des Plaines
Ambassadors of Christ
General Hate Chicago
America First Foundation
White Nationalist Western Springs
American Defense Skinheads
Racist Skinhead Statewide
Asatru Folk Assembly
Neo-Völkisch Statewide
Euro Folk Radio
Christian Identity Chicago
Great Millstone
General Hate Chicago
Heterosexuals Organized for a Moral Environment (H.O.M.E.)
Anti-LGBTQ Downers Grove
Illinois Family Institute
Anti-LGBTQ Tinley Park
Israel United In Christ
General Hate Chicago
Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge
General Hate Chicago
Liberty Baptist Church
Anti-LGBTQ Rock Falls
Lion of Judah - Jeshurun Lions
General Hate Chicago
Nation of Islam
Antisemitism Chicago
National Socialist Charitable Coalition/Global Minority Initiative
Neo-Nazi Statewide
Patriot Front
White Nationalist Statewide
Proud Boys

2 chapters
General Hate Crystal Lake, Chicago
Sicarii 1715
General Hate Chicago
The Creativity Alliance
Neo-Nazi Statewide
The United Nuwaupians Worldwide/All Eyes on Egipt
General Hate Chicago
White Date
White Nationalist Statewide
World Congress of Families/International Organization for the Family
Anti-LGBTQ Rockford

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August 16, 2022

Far-right Extremism and Gun Violence: Reimagining Prevention

Hannah Gais

White Nationalist

August 11, 2022

'Unite the Right' 5 Years Later: Where Are They Now?

Such is the complex fallout of “Unite the Right,” where hundreds of extremists immersed a college town in violent conflict, generating shocking images that news organizations continue to broadcast as symbols of the nation’s struggle with hate and authoritarianism.

Michael Edison Hayden, Hannah Gais, Cassie Miller, Megan Squire and Jason Wilson

White Nationalist

Proud Boys

July 14, 2022

Cadre of Nativist Groups, Figures Have Long Pushed Replacement-by-Immigration Ideas into Mainstream

The Buffalo suspect cited immigration as a key driver of alleged white displacement in the U.S. in a document circulated online before he allegedly killed 10 people in an act of white supremacist violence.

Caleb Kieffer

White Nationalist

Federation for American Immigration Reform

July 13, 2022