Rockwell, George Lincoln, 1918-1967
Biography:
Born in Bloomington, Illinois in 1918, George Lincoln Rockwell was a graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, a Commander for the Navy Reserves and founder of the American Nazi Party. The American Nazi Party was a Neo-Nazi political organization founded in 1959 and based in Arlington, Virginia. Rockwell served as leader of the American Nazi Party, later renamed National White People's Party, until his death in 1967. Rockwell was assassinated on August 25, 1967 by disgruntled former party member, John Palter.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2 (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Bill Gene Cody, Arlington, Virginia, 1960s (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Joseph Beauharnais following his arrest in Macon, Georgia, 1961 April 19 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Peter Xavier following his arrest in Macon, Georgia, 1961 April 19 (Black-and-white photographs)