Archive of Extremist Events by State: 2003

State Date    Location Event Description Alabama Saturday, December 13, 2003 Theodore, Alabama Annual Klan Christmas Party Sponsored by Aryan Nations Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Alabama Saturday, January 25, 2003 Montgomery, Alabama Pro-white demonstration Sponsored by White Revolution, a white supremacist group headed by Billy Roper Arizona Saturday, July 26, 2003 - Sunday, July 27, 2003 near Phoenix, Arizona Klan gathering Sponsored by the Imperial Klans of America (IKA) Arizona Friday, November 07, 2003 - Sunday, November 09, 2003 Scottsdale, Arizona Aryan Nations Rally Sponsored by neo-Nazi group Aryan Nations Arizona Friday, December 05, 2003 Tucson, Arizona Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Arizona Saturday, December 06, 2003 Phoenix, Arizona Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Arkansas Saturday, August 16, 2003 Colt, Arkansas “Calling All Nations” Klan rally and cross lighting Sponsored by the Aryan Nations Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Arkansas Friday, August 29, 2003 - Sunday, August 31, 2003 Harrison, Arkansas National Klan Congress Sponsored by Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Arkansas Saturday, September 27, 2003 Little Rock, Arkansas Anti-invasion demonstration Sponsored by White Revolution, a white supremacist group headed by Billy Roper, in protest to Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, a nationwide bus tour advocating immigration law reforms Arkansas Saturday, November 22, 2003 Ft. Smith, Arkansas Regional meeting Sponsored by White Revolution, a white supremacist group headed by Billy Roper California Saturday, August 16, 2003 - Sunday, August 17, 2003 Sunnyvale, California Tax Freedom Rally Sponsored by Free Enterprise Society, a California-based tax protest group Note: Speakers include Larry Becraft, Joe Banister, Pat Shannan, Robert Shulz, founder of We The People Foundation, among others California Friday, December 12, 2003 Sacramento, California Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving California Thursday, December 11, 2003 San Francisco, California Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving California Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Orange County, California Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving California Tuesday, December 09, 2003 Sherman Oaks, California Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving California Saturday, September 13, 2003 Southern California "Gathering of The Gods Ian Stuart Memorial Concert" White power music concert California Saturday, July 05, 2003 Orange County, California White power music concert Sponsored by Hammerskin Nation Southern California Note: Bands scheduled to play include Max Resist, Intimidation One, Youngland California Saturday, March 22, 2003 - Sunday, March 23, 2003 Irvine, California 2003 Health & Freedom Rally Conference focusing on government conspiracies, sponsored by the Freedom Law School, a tax protest group California Saturday, October 11, 2003 - Saturday, October 18, 2003 Orange County, California Feast of Tabernacles Gathering sponsored by Orange County Assembly of Christ, not the regular Assemblies of Christ, but a congregation whose followers practice Christian Identity, a racist and anti-Semitic religion Colorado Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - Sunday, August 10, 2003 Denver, Colorado Family Bible Camp Annual gathering hosted by Pete Peters, leader in the racist and anti-Semitic Christian Identity movement Colorado Saturday, December 20, 2003 Aurora, Colorado Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Florida Saturday, March 15, 2003 West Palm Beach, Florida 2nd Annual Folk Fest Folk festival featuring "European music, food and drink," sponsored by Aryan Loyalist Magazine, a white supremacist outfit Florida Saturday, August 23, 2003 Southeast Florida Klan rally Sponsored by ORION Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Florida Saturday, November 08, 2003 Homosassa, Florida Klan gathering Sponsored by National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Florida Georgia Saturday, July 19, 2003 Dalton, Georgia Anti-immigration Klan rally Sponsored by the North Georgia White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Georgia Saturday, February 22, 2003 Cordele, Georgia Klan rally Sponsored by the American White Knights Georgia Wednesday, November 26, 2003 Atlanta, Georgia Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Georgia Saturday, January 18, 2003 Cumming, Georgia Protest against Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Sponsored by Georgia chapter of the neo-Nazi National Alliance Georgia Saturday, June 07, 2003 Marietta, Georgia Free American Expo and Book Fair Expo sponsored by Free American, a conspiracy-oriented magazine that focuses on anti-government and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories Georgia Saturday, July 12, 2003 Atlanta, Georgia Chester Doles Benefit Concert Sponsored by United Skinheads of Atlanta to benefit incarcerated white supremacist Chester Doles Note: Scheduled performers include Slay The Beast, Platoon 14, Definite Hate, Hammerhead and Max Resist Idaho Friday, June 20, 2003 - Sunday, June 22, 2003 Northern Idaho Aryan Nations World Congress 2003 Conference held by the Richard Butler/Ray Redfeairn faction of Aryan Nations Note: Scheduled speakers include Butler & Redfeairn, Jeff Schoep, Tom Metzger Idaho Friday, July 25, 2003 - Sunday, July 27, 2003 Sandpoint, Idaho Summer Conference Sponsored by America’s Promise Ministries, an organization whose followers practice Christian Identity, a racist and anti-Semitic religion Idaho Tuesday, December 16, 2003 Moscow, Idaho Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Idaho Sunday, December 14, 2003 Boise, Idaho Anti-gay demonstration Sponsored by virulently anti-gay activist Fred Phelps and members of his Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas Illinois Monday, December 22, 2003 Chicago, Illinois Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Illinois Saturday, September 27, 2003 Chicago, Illinois Anti-invasion demonstration Sponsored by White Revolution, a white supremacist group headed by Billy Roper, in protest to Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, a nationwide bus tour advocating immigration law reforms Indiana Saturday, October 25, 2003 Martinsville, Indiana CofCC State Meeting Sponsored by the Indiana Council of Conservative Citizens, a racist organization Indiana Sunday, August 24, 2003 Indianapolis, Indiana White Unity Rally Rally on Capitol steps sponsored by neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) Indiana Monday, October 13, 2003 - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 Greenwood, Indiana National Unregistered Baptist Fellowship Conference Sponsored by the Indianapolis Baptist Temple, a member of the “unregistered church movement” that believes no church should have to follow any laws or regulations, from income tax withholding to building and fire codes Note: Scheduled speakers include Texe Marrs Indiana Friday, May 23, 2003 - Sunday, May 25, 2003 Evansville, Indiana Media Bypass 10th Anniversary Convention & Expo A conference sponsored by the far-right, conspiracy-oriented, anti-Semitic publication, Media Bypass Indiana Friday, August 01, 2003 - Sunday, August 03, 2003 Osceola, Indiana White Pride Fest Sponsored by the Church of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Note: Scheduled speakers include Rev Ray Larson, Ted Dunn, Richard Loy Kansas Saturday, August 30, 2003 Southeast of Wichita, Kansas Unity BBQ and Family Day Sponsored by the National Socialist Movement, Kansas Unit Kentucky Sunday, September 14, 2003 - Tuesday, September 16, 2003 Greenville, Kentucky Klan gathering and cross/swastika lighting Sponsored by the Imperial Klans of America (IKA) Kentucky Saturday, September 27, 2003 Eddyville, Kentucky Klan rally Sponsored by the Imperial Klans of America (IKA) Kentucky Monday, November 24, 2003 Louisville, Kentucky Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Kentucky Tuesday, July 01, 2003 Lexington, Kentucky Patriotic Rally Sponsored by the Kentucky State Militia Kentucky Friday, May 23, 2003 - Monday, May 26, 2003 Greenville, Kentucky Nordic Fest Annual white power music festival sponsored by the Imperial Klans of America (IKA) Kentucky Friday, April 11, 2003 - Sunday, April 13, 2003 West Point, Kentucky Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot Machine gun festival that is accompanied by a militia encampment Louisiana Saturday, August 30, 2003 St. Amant, Louisiana Klan rally and cross lighting Sponsored by the Bayou Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and hosted by the Sons of the South Klavern Louisiana Friday, November 28, 2003 Hammond, Louisiana Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Maine Saturday, January 11, 2003 Lewiston, Maine "The Invasion of Maine by Somalis and How We Can End It" Speech by Matt Hale, head of the white supremacist World Church of the Creator Maryland Saturday, August 16, 2003 Baltimore, Maryland White power concert Sponsored by Eastern Hammerskins Note: Scheduled bands include H8machine, Down4life, Those Opposed Massachusetts Friday, May 16, 2003 - Saturday, May 17, 2003 Worcester, Massachusetts White power rally and metal music concert Rally by various white power groups in area near the New England Metalfest, a “metal music” concert that attracts white supremacists Massachusetts Saturday, September 27, 2003 Lexington, Massachusetts Conference and Book Signing Sponsored by Save-A-Patriot Fellowship, a Maryland-based tax protest group Note: Scheduled presentations include SAPF founder John B. Kotmair, Peter Kershaw, and Pastor Garrett Lear Michigan Saturday, December 06, 2003 Detroit, Michigan White power concert Sponsored by Michigan Northern Hammerskins (NHS) Note: Bands scheduled include Rebel Hell, Hated and Proud, and Max Resist Michigan Saturday, April 12, 2003 Detroit, Michigan White power music concert Concert featuring white power bands Note: Bands scheduled to play include Max Resist, Intimidation One, Hammerhead Michigan Saturday, July 26, 2003 Detroit, Michigan White power concert Sponsored by the Michigan Northern Hammerskins (NHS) Note: Scheduled bands include Youngland, Rebel Hell, and Kremator Michigan Monday, December 15, 2003 Ann Arbor, Michigan Anti-gay demonstration Sponsored by virulently anti-gay activist Fred Phelps and members of his Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas Michigan Friday, October 24, 2003 Lansing, Michigan 10th Annual Anti-United Nations Day Rally Rally on Capitol steps sponsored by various groups opposed to the U.N. and “world government” Minnesota Monday, August 25, 2003 St. Paul, Minnesota White Pride rally Rally on Capitol steps sponsored by Aryan Nations Note: Speakers include Grand Dragon Mike McQueeney Minnesota Saturday, August 16, 2003 Wyoming, Minnesota Summer Fellowship Picnic Gathering of followers of Christian Identity, a racist and anti-Semitic religion Note: Featured speaker James Bruggeman of Stone Kingdom Ministries Mississippi Friday, July 04, 2003 Lucedale, Mississippi 4th of July Celebration and Unity Rally Sponsored by Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Mississippi Saturday, November 08, 2003 Bay Springs, Mississippi Klan rally Sponsored by Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Mississippi Saturday, November 08, 2003 Laurel, Mississippi Klan rally Sponsored by Klonvocation of Klans Mississippi Thursday, October 30, 2003 Oxford, Mississippi Support Colonel Reb: On the Field or Bust Rally Rally at The University of Mississippi sponsored by Richard Barrett, founder and leader of the Nationalist Movement, a white supremacist organization, demonstrating support of the Confederate Ole-Miss mascot Note: Keynote speaker Richard Barrett Missouri Friday, May 23, 2003 - Sunday, May 25, 2003 Branson, Missouri Christian identity gathering Hosted by Pete Peters, leader in the racist and anti-Semitic Christian Identity movement Montana Friday, August 08, 2003 - Sunday, August 10, 2003 Near Superior, Montana The Creator Annual Rendezvous Sponsored by the Creativity Movement, a white supremacist group Nevada Sunday, December 07, 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving New Hampshire Sunday, November 02, 2003 Dover, New Hampshire Anti-gay demonstrations Sponsored by virulently anti-gay activist Fred Phelps and members of his Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas New Hampshire Sunday, November 02, 2003 Durham, New Hampshire Anti-gay demonstrations Sponsored by virulently anti-gay activist Fred Phelps and members of his Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas New Jersey Friday, October 03, 2003 Jersey City, New Jersey Counter-protest against the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Sponsored by racist radio host Hal Turner to protest "freedom ride" advocating amnesty for illegal immigrants New Mexico Tuesday, December 02, 2003 Albuquerque, New Mexico Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving New York Saturday, November 29, 2003 Syracuse, New York Speech by Bob Schulz Public speech by the head of the New York-based We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, a tax protest group New York Saturday, December 06, 2003 Saratoga Springs/Albany, New York Speech by Bob Schulz Public speech by the head of the New York-based We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, a tax protest group New York Saturday, November 22, 2003 Rochester, New York Speech by Bob Schulz Public speech by the head of the New York-based We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, a tax protest group New York Sunday, September 28, 2003 Buffalo, New York “Smash Jew Communism On Our Universities” Demonstration at the University of Buffalo sponsored by Racial Nationalist Party of America New York Saturday, September 06, 2003 Brooklyn, New York Million Youth March 2003 Sponsored by the New Black Panther Party, a racist, anti-Semitic black nationalist group North Carolina Saturday, October 11, 2003 Lenoir, North Carolina White Racialist Cookout Cookout and social gathering of white supremacists North Carolina Sunday, November 09, 2003 Morganton, North Carolina Klan march Sponsored by Cleveland Knights of the Ku Klux Klan protesting the influx of non-white immigrants and lax government regulation of illegal immigrants North Carolina Saturday, March 22, 2003 Near Lenoir, North Carolina Spring Equinox Gathering Picnic sponsored by the neo-Nazi National Alliance Ohio Friday, August 29, 2003 - Monday, September 01, 2003 Cincinnati, Ohio “Fifth Annual Convention of Real History” Annual conference of British Holocaust denier David Irving Ohio Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Cleveland, Ohio Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Ohio Friday, April 04, 2003 - Saturday, April 05, 2003 Coshocton, Ohio National Klonvocation and Unity Rally Sponsored by the Invisible Empire International Keystone Knights, Realm of Ohio Oklahoma Monday, December 01, 2003 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Oregon Sunday, December 14, 2003 Portland, Oregon Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Pennsylvania Saturday, January 25, 2003 Near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania White power concert Sponsored by Keystone State Skinheads, a racist skinhead group Note: Scheduled bands include Hammerhead, Blue Eyed Devils, Youngland Pennsylvania Saturday, September 13, 2003 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Hammerfest 2003 White power music concert sponsored by Hammerskin Nation and hosted by the Baltimore chapter of the Eastern Hammerskins Note: Bands scheduled to perform include Max Resist, H8 Machine, Intimidation One Pennsylvania Monday, January 20, 2003 York, Pennsylvania "Henry Schaad Day" Rally by the white supremacist group Nationalist Movement to protest Martin Luther King holiday and to honor white police office slain during 1969 riots in York Pennsylvania Friday, November 21, 2003 - Sunday, November 23, 2003 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Anti-gay demonstrations Sponsored by virulently anti-gay activist Fred Phelps and members of his Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas South Carolina Saturday, March 01, 2003 Laurens, South Carolina South/Eastern Regional Conference Sponsored by the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) South Carolina Thursday, July 10, 2003 - Saturday, July 12, 2003 Abbeville, South Carolina “Celebrating the South” 10th Annual National Conference of the League of the South, a Southern nationalist group Note: Scheduled speakers include League of the South President, Michael Hill, Robert Salyer, Tom Moore, Franklin Sanders, and R. Gordon (Rob) Thornton South Carolina Saturday, September 20, 2003 Blacksburg, South Carolina Klan rally Sponsored by the Cleveland Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Tennessee Sunday, July 06, 2003 Madisonville, Tennessee Identity study session Conducted by James Wickstrom, a leader in the racist and anti-Semitic Christian Identity movement Tennessee Friday, October 03, 2003 - Sunday, October 05, 2003 Springfield, Tennessee National Klonvocation Sponsored by the Invisible Empire, International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Tennessee Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - Friday, October 17, 2003 Madisonville, Tennessee Feast of the Tabernacles Gathering hosted by James Wickstrom, a leader in the racist and anti-Semitic Christian Identity community Tennessee Sunday, October 19, 2003 Pulaski, Tennessee White Christian Heritage Festival Sponsored by Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, led by Thom Robb Tennessee Monday, October 06, 2003 - Tuesday, October 14, 2003 Sweetwater, Tennessee Feast of Tabernacles Gathering sponsored by New Beginnings Ministry, an organization whose followers practice Christian Identity, a racist and anti-Semitic religion Tennessee Saturday, March 29, 2003 Greeneville, Tennessee Klan rally Sponsored by Invisible Empire Knights of the KKK Tennessee Friday, February 07, 2003 - Sunday, February 09, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee Speech by Pete Peters Speech by leader in the racist and anti-Semitic Christian Identity movement Tennessee Friday, August 29, 2003 - Sunday, August 31, 2003 near Lawrenceburg, Tennessee “The Bodacious Hoedown” Sponsored by League of the South, a Southern nationalist group Texas Saturday, November 01, 2003 Vidor, Texas Klan Lecture and Exhibit Sponsored by the White Camelia Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Texas Sunday, March 23, 2003 San Antonio, Texas "Remember the Alamo!" Anti-Immigration rally sponsored by a number of white supremacist organizations, including White Revolution, the National Socialist Movement, the Creativity Movement (formerly World Church of the Creator), Aryan Nations, and the Celtic Knights. Texas Sunday, November 30, 2003 Arlington, Texas Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Texas Saturday, November 29, 2003 Houston, Texas Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Texas Saturday, August 23, 2003 Austin, Texas White power concert Sponsored by Texas Skinheads Note: Scheduled bands include Bully Boys, Hammerhead, White Wash, Fueled By Hate, and Chris from the Midtown Boot Boys Texas Friday, April 18, 2003 - Saturday, April 19, 2003 Fort Worth, Texas Free American Expo and Book Fair Expo sponsored by Free American, a conspiracy-oriented magazine that focuses on anti-government and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories Texas Saturday, April 05, 2003 Santa Fe, Texas Klan Lecture and Exhibit Sponsored by the White Camelia Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Texas Saturday, April 12, 2003 Tyler, Texas Seminar by David Icke Icke is a new-age conspiracy theorist Utah Thursday, December 18, 2003 Salt Lake City, Utah Speech by David Irving Speech by British Holocaust denier, David Irving Virginia Saturday, July 19, 2003 Woolwine, Virginia White Unity Rally Sponsored by the Rebel Brigade Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Realm of Virginia Virginia Saturday, October 18, 2003 Elamsville, Virginia Unity rally and cross lighting Sponsored by Rebel Brigade Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Virginia Washington Saturday, October 25, 2003 - Sunday, October 26, 2003 Poulsbo, Washington Anti-gay demonstrations Sponsored by virulently anti-gay activist Fred Phelps and members of his Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas Washington Saturday, November 08, 2003 Everett, Washington Public meeting Sponsored by the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) Wisconsin Thursday, October 09, 2003 - Friday, October 10, 2003 Milwaukee, Wisconsin International Conference on Homo-Fascism Sponsored by Wisconsin Christians United, a Wisconsin-based group with an anti-gay agenda Wisconsin Thursday, September 04, 2003 Rosholt, Wisconsin Leadership meeting Sponsored by Scriptures for America, a racist and anti-Semitic Christian Identity organization Note: Held prior to and in vicinity of SFA camp gathering in Waupaca, WI Wisconsin Friday, September 05, 2003 - Sunday, September 07, 2003 Waupaca, Wisconsin Camp gathering Sponsored by Scriptures for America, a racist and anti-Semitic Christian Identity organization Note: Four scheduled speakers in addition to Pete Peters of Scriptures for America. 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