A handful of members from around the state meet several times annually, but are not
organized as part of an official unit. There are two NA phone message services based in
the state, one in Fort Worth and the other in Austin. A Houston member of the National
Alliance actively promotes the organization in hundreds of postings to Internet
newsgroups. Dallas Skinheads have been known to circulate NA propaganda materials. The
group's flyers have also been found stuffed inside books at the Texas A&M library.
In April 1998, the NA exploited racial tensions brewing at Southwest Texas University
by sending unsolicited E-mail messages to most of the students and faculty at the school
(see Harassment on the Net for details). The NA also promised to bring David Duke
to address the students. Hoping to make Duke's impending visit a balanced affair, members
of the Coalition of African-Americans Unified for Self-Empowerment (CAUSE), a student
group, decided to organize it as a debate between Duke and Texas State Representative Ron
Wilson, an African American.
CAUSE members coordinated the event together with Vincent Breeding, a Florida NA member
who said he would bring Duke to the school. During the May 2 debate, Duke railed against
affirmative action, calling it a "fraud" against "European Americans."
Wilson responded that "'European Americans' have heard this kind of articulation
before. The guy's name was Hitler." Several members of the National Alliance, who
distributed flyers at the close of the program, reportedly accompanied Duke.
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