Four Hate Groups Are Based In Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, VA—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. Four of these are based in Alexandria.

The SPLC website has an interactive map showing the location of hate groups state by state.

The Alexandria-based hate groups are:

• Southern National Congress, Alexandria, Neo-Confederate
• Washington Summit Publishers, Alexandria, white nationalist
• Radix Journal, Alexandria, white nationalist
• National Policy Institute, Alexandria/Arlington, white nationalist

Statewide, there are 42 hate groups — from white supremacists to anti-LGBTQ, anti-Muslim and black separatist organizations. The SPLC's Hate Map is searchable by hate group and state.

Alt-right leader Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute has been a site of protests since he moved its headquarters to Alexandria. Spencer participated in the white nationalist rally over the weekend in Charlottesville.

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In the aftermath of Charlottesville, demonstrators gathered Sunday to protest the violence 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.

Pictured are members of the KKK speaking in Justice Park during a rally Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)