Council of Conservative Citizens Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The Council of Conservative Citizens is a American Paleoconservative political organization. It is often accused of racism by the many Liberal groups such as NAACP, SPLC, and ADL, and is also attacked by some Conservative groups. To charges that the CofCC is a "racist, hate group," the official response is: "Not true. The CofCC advocates and promotes the legitimate causes of European-Americans." CofCC FAQThey have are attacked Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln the Civil rights movement, and the Frankfurt School on their Website. They regard American culture as an offshoot of the European cultural tradition.
- Founded: 1985
- Headquarters: St. Louis
- Chapters: 13 - Arkansas (Little Rock), Atlanta, Bakersfield, California, Capitol Region (Washington, D.C area), East Central Tennessee, First Coast (Jacksonville, Florida), Indiana, Mississippi, New York, Columbus, Ohio, St. Louis, Shelby County, Tennessee, South Carolina
- Leader: Gordon Lee Baum
- Publication: The Citizens Informer (claimed circulation of 20,000)
- Background: Established by former activists in the segregationist White Citizens' Councils
- Ideology: Paleoconservative, states' rights, Majoritarianism, white separatism, isolationism, and the goals of the religious right
- Outreach: Website, Local events, Mass mailings.
- Approach: The group advances its ideology by catering to the anxieties of white Americans, Southern whites particularly, with regard to black-on-white crime, immigration (an issue that has received increasing attention from the organization in the 2000s), gay rights, attacks on the public display of the Confederate flag, and other issues related to "traditional" Southern culture and civil rights.
- Connections: Several mainstream figures have spoken at or attended CofCC meetings. They include: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Senator Jesse Helms, and former governors H. Guy Hunt of Alabama and Kirk Fordice of Mississippi. Dr. Virginia Abernethy, demographer and self-described racial separatist, is a regular speaker at CofCC meetings and is a past editor of the The Citizens Informer. Samuel Francis is now editor of the The Citizens Informer.
- Extremist associations: David Duke, Mark Cotterill, Chris Temple
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