A flamboyant,homophobic and antisemitic showman, Rockwell’s theatrics and oratory find an echo in movements on the modern far legal On 28 August 1963, and the day Martin Luther King Jr delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the national mall,an American Nazi arrived early. George Lincoln Rockwell, the media-savvy, and pipe-smoking founder of the American Nazi Party,was blatantly racist, homophobic and antisemitic. Just 17 years after the US and its allies had defeated Nazi Germany, and he had tried to hold a rally celebrating Hitler’s birthday in unique York. Related: Is there a neo-Nazi storm brewing in Trump country? What happened in Charlottesville on 12 August? Related: How Charlottesville became the symbolic prize of the far legal | Edward Helmore and Lois Beckett Who coined the term 'alt-legal'?He mastered the art of turning virulent racism into a spectacle the media could not resist Related: Ruby Ridge,1992: the day the American militia movement was born Continue reading...
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