New York 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. SPLC says nearly 1,000 organizations that meet its criteria for being designated a hate group are currently active nationwide. One of them is in the Hudson Valley.

The SPLC website has an interactive map. The Hate Map is searchable by hate group and state.

Three people died because of the "Unite The Right" rallies in Virginia. Heather Heyer was killed when a vehicle plowed into a crowd of anti-racist protesters in in Charlottesville. Two Virginia state troopers were also killed in a helicopter crash.

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In New York, SPLC says 47 hate groups — from white supremacists to anti-Muslim and black separatist organizations — are active. Most are statewide, and most are in the NYC metro area. One is in Westchester: Israel United in Christ, a black separatist group based in Mount Vernon.

• Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge, Syracuse, BLACK SEPARATIST
• National Socialist Movement, NYC (statewide), NEO-NAZI
• Militant Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, (statewide), KU KLUX KLAN
• Aryan Strikeforce, (statewide), RACIST SKINHEAD
• Radio Jihad/Global Patriot Radio, (statewide), ANTI-MUSLIM
• Israel United In Christ, Mount Vernon, BLACK SEPARATIST
• Foundation for Advancing Christian Truth (statewide), ANTI-MUSLIM
• ATLAH World Missionary Church (All The Land Anointed Holy) New York City, ANTI-LGBT
• Nation of Islam, Harlem, BLACK SEPARATIST
• Israel United In Christ, The Bronx, BLACK SEPARATIST
• American Freedom Party, New York City, WHITE NATIONALIST
• American Freedom Defense Initiative, New York City, ANTI-MUSLIM
• Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ, New York City, BLACK SEPARATIST
• Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, New York City, GENERAL HATE
• New Yorkers for Immigration Control and Enforcement (NYICE), New York City, ANTI-IMMIGRANT
• Center for Family and Human Rights (C-FAM), New York City, ANTI-LGBT
• Golden Dawn, Astoria, New York, NEO-NAZI
• Sultan Knish a blog by Daniel Greenfield, New York City, ANTI-MUSLIM
• Cultural Studies Press, New York City, GENERAL HATE
• Council of Conservative Citizens, New York City, WHITE NATIONALIST
• Aryan Renaissance Society, New York City, NEO-NAZI
• Firm 22, New York City, RACIST SKINHEAD
• Black Riders Liberation Party, New York City, BLACK SEPARATIST
• Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge, New York City, BLACK SEPARATIST
• United Riot Records, New York, New York, HATE MUSIC
• Bosch Fawstin, New York, New York, ANTI-MUSLIM
• Blood and Honour Social Club, New York, New York, RACIST SKINHEAD
• The Right Stuff, New York, New York, WHITE NATIONALIST
• Counter-Currents Publishing, New York, New York, WHITE NATIONALIST
• All Eyes On Egipt Bookstore Brooklyn NY, Brooklyn, New York, BLACK SEPARATIST
• Jewish Task Force, Fresh Meadows, New York, GENERAL HATE
• ACT for America, New York, New York, ANTI-MUSLIM
• Nation of Islam, Brooklyn, New York, BLACK SEPARATIST
• Deir Yassin Remembered, Geneva, New York, HOLOCAUST DENIAL
• Ku Klos Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Hempstead, New York, KU KLUX KLAN
• ACT for America, New York (statewide), ANTI-MUSLIM
• The Daily Stormer, New York (statewide), NEO-NAZI
• Wolf Tyr Productions, Holbrook, New York, HATE MUSIC
• Nation of Islam, Rochester, New York, BLACK SEPARATIST
• White New York, Rochester, New York, WHITE NATIONALIST
• Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Hampton Bays, New York, KU KLUX KLAN
• Most Holy Family Monastery, Fillmore, New York, RADICAL TRADITIONAL CATHOLICISM
• Fatima Crusader, The/International Fatima Rosary Crusade, Constable, New York, RADICAL TRADITIONAL CATHOLICISM
• Racial Nationalist Party of America, Lockport, New York, WHITE NATIONALIST
• Nation of Islam, Buffalo, New York, BLACK SEPARATIST
• Catholic Family News/Catholic Family Ministries, Inc., Niagara Falls, New York, RADICAL TRADITIONAL CATHOLICISM
• Church of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Panama, New York, KU KLUX KLAN

The Southern Poverty Law Center believes racism must be exposed in all its forms. According to the SPLC, black separatists like Israel United in Christ typically oppose integration and racial intermarriage, and want separate institutions -- or even a separate nation -- for blacks. Most forms of black separatism are strongly anti-white and anti-Semitic, and a number of religious versions assert that blacks are the Biblical "chosen people" of God.

Nearby, Long Island groups named by the SPLC have made headlines in recent years. KKK literature was found distributed on cars and houses in areas across Long Island and on LIRR trains. And the Suffolk KKK chapter performed a counter-protest to a Black Lives Matter protest last year. The two chapters are not unique to Long Island — they are local chapters of larger KKK groups.

Wolf Tyr Productions, based in Holbrook, also makes it onto the SPLC list. It is a small record label that specializes in “pagan black metal” and promotes shows for the bands, many of whom are avowed Nazis. The label is also the distributor for the magazine for the Heathen Circle collective, which as part of its mission statement is “dedicated to promoting pan-European heritage among the people of its descent worldwide.” The magazine features stories like “Defending Europe - Rise of the Soldiers of Odin” and “Of Shame and Failure (Pathway to übermensch).”

The final hate group the SPLC identified on Long Island is a local chapter of ACT For America, which it characterizes as an anti-Muslim group. The group promotes itself as “the NRA of national security.” It boasts 500,000 members and 1,000 chapters across the country.

The organization is against Syrian refugees being resettled in the United States and believes that Muslims are trying to take over the country with Sharia law. The organization is also a huge proponent of American Exceptionalism.

In Connecticut, SPLC lists five.

• ACT For America in Cheshire: Anti-Muslim
• National Socialist Movement operating statewide: Neo Nazi, National Socialist Movement
• ACT For America operating statewide: Anti-Muslim
• White Lives Matter operating statewide: White Nationalist
• New Black Panther Party for Self Defense in New Haven: Black Separatist

Connecticut is no stranger to hateful acts.

Matthew Hale, former leader of the Creativity Movement, was convicted in 2004 of trying to solicit the murder of the federal judge who presided over a copyright trial involving his group, which was then using the name of a non-racist church. He is currently serving a 40-year-sentence at a supermax facility in Colorado.

A letter purportedly written by Hale's mother posted to multiple neo-Nazi and white supremacist websites claims Hale believes White House Chief Strategist Steven Bannon is the key to winning him a presidential pardon. The letter urges supporters to write letters to Bannon, and says, "(Hale) said that the Jews are trying to push Bannon out of the Whitehouse, attempting to make President Trump their puppet. Matt asks that you send Steve Bannon a letter explaining that Matt is an innocent man and asking him to review the trial transcript where he will find that Matt committed no crime and that no evidence was presented at his trial that he ever committed any crime."

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)

Shannon Antinori contributed to this report