Virginia Hate Groups: Map Shows Active Racist Organizations

VIENNA, 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.

SPLC states that "all hate groups have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics."

In Virginia, SPLC says 42 hate groups — from white supremacists to anti-LGBTQ, anti-Muslim and black separatist organizations — are active. The SPLC website has an interactive map showing the location of hate groups state by state. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

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Here's where the groups are active in Virginia:

• VDARE Foundation, Warrenton, white nationalist
• American Renaissance/New Century Foundation, Oakton, white nationalist/American renaissance
• The Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation, Vienna, white nationalist
• Understanding the Threat, Vienna, anti-Muslim
• Public Advocate of the United States, Falls Church, anti-LGBT
• ACT for America, Leesburg, anti-Muslim
• Southern National Congress, Alexandria, Neo-Confederate
• Washington Summit Publishers, Alexandria, white nationalist
• Radix Journal, Alexandria, white nationalist
• National Policy Institute, Alexandria/Arlington, white nationalist
• Center for Perpetual Diversity, Arlington, white nationalist
• ProEnglish, Arlington, anti-immigrant
• League of the South, Winchester, neo-Confederate, League of the South
• Virginia Christian Alliance, Richmond, anti-Muslim
• Nation of Islam, Richmond, black separatist/Nation of Islam
• Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Richmond, Ku Klux Klan
• Confederate White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Richmond, Ku Klux Klan
• Traditionalist Worker Party, Richmond, white nationalist
• Israel United In Christ, Hampton, black separatist
• Mass Resistance Virginia, Yorktown, anti-LGBT
• IHS Press, Norfolk, Radical traditional Catholicism
• Nation of Islam, Norfolk, black separatist/Nation of Islam
• American Immigration Control Foundation/Americans for Immigration Control, Monterey, anti-immigrant
• Wolves of Vinland, Lynchburg, white nationalist
• Virginia Publishing Company, Lynchburg, Christian identity
• Christian Action Network, Forest, anti-Muslim
• In the Spirit of Chartres Committee, Carollton, Radical traditional Catholicism
• Einherjar's Honor Wotansvolk, statewide, neo-Nazi
• Aryan Strikeforce, statewide, racist skinhead
• Crew 38, statewide, racist skinhead
• Black Riders Liberation Party, statewide, black separatist
• American Vanguard, statewide, white nationalist
• Confederate Hammerskins, statewide, racist skinhead
• Ku Klos Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, statewide, Ku Klux Klan
• Supreme White Alliance, statewide, racist skinhead
• Old Dominion Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, statewide, Ku Klux Klan

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

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Scenes From The Vigil

By Patch Editor Shannon Antinori

Pictured 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)