Maryland Hate Groups: Map Shows Active Racist Organizations

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.

In Maryland, the SPLC says 18 hate groups — from white supremacists to anti-LGBTQ, anti-Muslim and black separatist organizations — are active. The SLPC website has an interactive map showing the location of hate groups state by state. (Get Patch’s daily newsletter and real-time news alerts, or like us on Facebook. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

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The groups named by the center are described as: "All hate groups have 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 Maryland and their ideology:

• National Socialist Movement, statewide in Maryland, Neo-Nazi
• Be Active Front USA, statewide in Maryland, racist/skinhead
• Crew 38, statewide in Maryland racist/skinhead
• Southern National Congress, Maryland, neo-Confederate
• Heritage and Destiny, headquarters in Silver Spring, white nationalist
• Council of Conservative Citizens, Silver Spring, white nationalist
• East Coast Knights Of The True Invisible Empire, Annapolis, Ku Klux Klan
• The Daily Stormer, Baltimore, neo-Nazi
• Maryland State Skinheads, headquarters in Baltimore, racist/skinhead
• Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge, headquarters in Baltimore, black separatist
• Jamaat al-Muslimeen, headquarters in Baltimore, general hate
• Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ, Baltimore, black separatist
• Barnes Review/Foundation for Economic Liberty, Inc., headquarters in Upper Marlboro, Holocaust denial
• Nation of Islam, Baltimore, black separatists
• Confederate White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, headquarters in Rosedale
• Label 56, headquarters in Nottingham, hate music
• League of the South, Clements, neo-Confederate
• Refugee Resettlement Watch, headquarters in Fairplay, anti-Muslim

The SPLC's Hate Map is searchable by hate group and state.

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In Baltimore, demonstrators gathered Sunday to protest the violence in Charlottesville and pay tribute to Heather Heyer, the woman killed when a vehicle plowed into a crowd of anti-racist protesters. Two Virginia state troopers were also killed in a helicopter crash near the site of the "Unite the Right" demonstration in Charlottesville.

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Main 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)