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National Association For The Advancement Of White People (1953–1955)
The National Association for the Advancement of White People (NAAWP) refers to the defunct organization led by white supremacist Bryant Bowles from 1953 to 1955. While identical in name, it is distinct from the National Association for the Advancement of White People, current NAAWP founded in 1979 by David Duke. While leading the NAAWP, Bowles described himself as "not anti-Negro but just pro-white" and campaigned heavily for Racial segregation, segregation. History The National Association for the Advancement of White People was created in Delaware in 1953 by Bryant Bowles, the president of the organization. At its formation, the group was led also by vice president B. P. Robertson, secretary E. L. Williford, treasurer P. S. Robertson, and directors Frances E. Robertson, George E. Tacy, J. H. Dickerson, and J. C. Miller. In 1954, Bowles outlined his goals for the group in an interview with the Wilmington Evening Journal, stating the NAAWP’s objectives to be: # To "publici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Supremacist
White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White supremacy has roots in the now-discredited doctrine of scientific racism and was a key justification for European colonialism. As a political ideology, it imposes and maintains cultural, social, political, historical or institutional domination by white people and non-white supporters. In the past, this ideology had been put into effect through socioeconomic and legal structures such as the Atlantic slave trade, European colonial labor and social practices, the Scramble for Africa, Jim Crow laws in the United States, the activities of the Native Land Court in New Zealand, the White Australia policies from the 1890s to the mid-1970s, and apartheid in South Africa. This ideology is also today present among neo-Confederates. White supremacy underlies a spectrum of contemporary movements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
