Language:
English
Year of publication:
2003
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Southern History
Angaben zur Quelle:
69,4 (2003) 821-860
Keywords:
Jews
;
Antisemitism History 1945-
Abstract:
Discusses The Columbians, Incorporated, a white supremacist organization founded in Atlanta in August 1946. The Columbians were primarily anti-Black, and they opposed miscegenation, for which, among other things, the Jews were blamed. The latter were also considered communists, therefore anti-American and anti-Christian. Examines the background and activities of the group's leaders, Emory C. Burke and Homer L. Loomis, Jr. Stresses the indigenous character of their fascism, with American intellectual and sociological roots. Like other extremist groups of its time, it appealed to un- or under-employed young white men, who were insecure in terms of their social status and masculinity. Notes the coalition of forces (including the FBI and the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League) that ultimately brought the organization's leaders to trial in December. They were sentenced to three and four years of hard labor, but due to appeals the sentence was carried out only in 1950. Concludes that although Atlanta was particularly hospitable to this movement, its goals, such as keeping Blacks out of the neighborhood, were popular across the U.S.
Note:
Including antisemitism.
URL:
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