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79 Hate Organizations Active In California, Map Shows

79 hate groups — from white supremacists to KKK and black separatists — are active in California, the Southern Poverty Law Center says.

After a white nationalist gathering whipped up violence — resulting in the death of an anti-racism protester — in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Southern Poverty Law Center is reminding Americans that organized hate isn't a thing of the past. The SPLC says nearly 1,000 organizations that meet its criteria for being designated a hate group are currently active nationwide, and 79 are in California.

The SPLC says 79 hate groups — from white supremacists to anti-LGBT, KKK and black separatist organizations — are active in the Golden State.

The SPLC website has an interactive map showing the location of hate groups state by state. The map was compiled using hate group publications and websites, citizen and law enforcement reports, field sources and news reports, according to the SPLC.

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California has among the highest number of hate groups. Only three states — Texas, New York and Virginia — have more organized hate.

Hate groups are defined by the SPLC as having beliefs or practices "that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.

Here's where the groups are active in California and their ideology, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center:

  • Holy Nation of Odin, Kingsburg: general hate
  • American Vanguard, statewide: white nationalist
  • Noble Breed Kindred, statewide: Neo-Nazi
  • Crew 38, statewide: racist skinhead
  • Gallows Tree Wotansvolk Alliance, statewide: Neo-Nazi
  • American Nazi Party, statewide: Neo-Nazi
  • Pacific Coast Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, statewide: Ku Klux Klan
  • Vinlanders Social Club, statewide: racist skinhead
  • Soldiers of Odin, statewide: anti-Muslim
  • United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, statewide: Ku Klux Klan
  • Western Hammerskins, statewide: racist skinhead
  • Golden State Skinheads, southern California: racist skinhead
  • California Skinheads, statewide, racist skinhead
  • Vinland Clothing, Oildale, racist skinhead
  • Californians for Population Stabilization Santa Barbara: anti-immigrant
  • Identity Evropa, Oakdale: white nationalist
  • The Daily Stormer, Santa Cruz: Neo-Nazi
  • Chalcedon Foundation, Vallecito: anti- LGBT
  • Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, Santa Clarita: general hate
  • Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, Canyon Country: general hate
  • Nation of Islam, Stockton: black separatist nation of Islam
  • The Daily Stormer, Mountain View: Neo-Nazi
  • Jihad Watch, Sherman Oaks: anti-Muslim
  • American Freedom Alliance, Los Angeles: anti-Muslim
  • OMNI Christian Book Club, Palmdale: radical traditional Catholicism
  • David Horowitz Freedom Center, Los Angeles: anti-Muslim
  • Islamthreat.com, Walnut Creek: anti-Muslim
  • Jewish Defense League, Los Angeles: general hate
  • The Daily Stormer, Santa Monica: Neo-Nazi
  • Counter Jihadist Coalition of Southern California, Santa Monica: anti-Muslim
  • As-Sabiqun, Los Angeles: general hate
  • Official Street Preachers, Los Angeles: general hate
  • Bare Naked Islam, Marina del Rey: anti-Muslim
  • New Black Panther Party, Los Angeles: black separatist
  • American Freedom Party, Los Angeles: white separatist, nationalist American freedom party
  • Black Riders Liberation Party, Los Angeles: black separatist
  • The Daily Stormer, Los Angeles: Neo-Nazi
  • ACT for America, Los Angeles: anti-Muslim
  • Israel United In Christ, Los Angeles: black separatist
  • Tradition in Action, Los Angeles: radical traditional Catholicism
  • Masjid al Islam, Oakland: general hate
  • Nation of Islam, Los Angeles, black separatist Nation of Islam
  • Nation of Islam, Oakland: black separatist Nation of Islam
  • Black Riders Liberation Party, Oakland: black separatist
  • As-Sabiqun, Oakland: general hate
  • Mass Resistance California, Torrance: anti-LGBT
  • Nation of Islam, Compton: black separatist Nation of Islam
  • Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, San Francisco: Ku Klux Klan
  • As-Sabiqun, Sacramento: general hate
  • Counter-Currents Publishing, San Francisco: white nationalist
  • Pacific Justice Institute, Sacramento: anti-LGBT
  • Chick Publications, Ontario: general hate
  • Save California, Sacramento: anti-LGBT
  • Traditionalist Worker Party, Sacramento: white nationalist
  • Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Anaheim: KU KLUX KLAN
  • Hate Crime Streetwear Productions, Anaheim: hate music
  • Sacto Skins, Sacramento: racist skinhead
  • Traditional Values Coalition Anaheim: anti-LGBT
  • Golden State Skinheads Northern: racist skinhead
  • Verity Baptist Church, Sacramento: anti-LGBT
  • National Coalition for Immigration Reform (formerly CCIR), Huntington Beach: anti-immigrant
  • Nation of Islam, Rialto: black separatist
  • Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge, Rialto: black separatist
  • American Vanguard, Huntington Beach: white nationalist
  • ACT for America, Corona: anti-Muslim
  • Institute for Historical Review, Newport Beach: Holocaust denial Institute for Historical review
  • Sicarii 1715, Inland Empire: black separatist
  • Nation of Islam, Compton: black separatist
  • Mass Resistance of California, Torrance: anti-LGBT
  • Nation of Islam, Rialto: black separatist
  • Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge, Rialto: black separatist
  • European-American Evangelistic Crusades, Sheridan: general hate
  • ACT for America, Mission Viejo: anti-Muslim
  • Occidental Observer, Laguna Hills: white nationalist
  • Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, Vista: general hate
  • Ruth Institute, San Marcos: anti-LGBT
  • The Realist Report, Poway: Holocaust denial

Image: In this April 23, 2016 photo, members of the Ku Klux Klan participate in cross and swastika burnings after a "white pride" rally in Georgia. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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