Don Black (white supremacist)

Don Black
Black in 2007
Grand Wizard of the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
In office
1980–1981
Preceded byDavid Duke[1]
Succeeded byStanley McCollum[2]
Personal details
Born
Stephen Donald Black

(1953-07-28) July 28, 1953 (age 71)
Athens, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyAmerican Nazi
SpouseChloe Black
ChildrenDerek Black[3]
Residence(s)West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Alabama[4]
OccupationDatabase analyst
Known forStormfront,[5] neo-Nazism, white supremacy, antisemitism
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Stephen Donald Black[6] (born July 28, 1953) is an American white supremacist.[6][7][8] He is the founder and webmaster of the neo-Nazi, Holocaust denial, and homophobic website Stormfront.[9][10][11][12] He was a Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan and a member of the American Nazi Party in the 1970s,[13][14] though at the time he was a member it was known as the "National Socialist White Peoples' Party".[15] He was convicted in 1981 of attempting an armed overthrow of the government in the island of Dominica in violation of the U.S. Neutrality Act.[16][17]

  1. ^ "DON BLACK / STORMFRONT" (PDF). Anti-Defamation League. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Knights of the Ku Klux Klan".
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  5. ^ Michael Wines and Stephanie Saul (July 5, 2015). "White Supremacists Extend Their Reach Through Websites". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2015. he later ushered in the movement's Internet era with Stormfront in 1995
  6. ^ a b "UK 'least wanted' list published", BBC News, May 5, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.
  7. ^ Swain, Carol Miller; Russ Nieli (2003). Contemporary Voices of White Nationalism in America. Cambridge University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-521-81673-1.
  8. ^ Daniels, Jessie (2009). Cyber racism: white supremacy online and the new attack on civil rights. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7425-6158-8.
  9. ^ Sources which consider Stormfront a white supremacist website are:
  10. ^ Finlay, Andrew (2004). Nationalism and Multiculturalism: Irish Identity, Citizenship and the Peace Process. p. 92.
  11. ^ Mur, Cindy (2005). Does the Internet Benefit Society?. Greenhaven Press. p. 30.
  12. ^ Johns, Amelia (July 1, 2015). ISS 18 Battle for the Flag. Melbourne University Press.
  13. ^ Etchingham, Julie (January 12, 2000). "Hate.com expands on the net". BBC News. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference racistnextdoor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Bridges, Tyler (January 13, 1994). The Rise of David Duke. University Press of Mississippi. p. 40. ISBN 9780878056842 – via Internet Archive. Don black member american nazi party.
  16. ^ Lloyd, Robin (August 12, 1999). "Web trackers hunt racist groups online". CNN. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
  17. ^ McKelvey, Tara (August 16, 2001). "Father and son team on hate site". USA Today. Retrieved January 29, 2008.