Council of Conservative Citizens

The Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC) is an American paleoconservative political organization that supports a large variety of localized grassroots causes and which opposes racial integration, multiculturalism and political correctness. Some members of tbe CofCC board of directors are former leaders of tbe Citizen Councils of America, founded by Robert B. Patterson. It is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and its most active chapter is in Mississippi. Other states with active chapters include Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and New York. The group is estimated to have 15,000 members.

Activities and Issues

The CofCC publishes tbe Citizens Informer newspaper quarterly. Previously edited by tbe late Samuel Francis, Joel T. LeFevre took over, and tbe editorial board includes Baum, Virginia Abernethy, Sam G. Dickson, Wayne Lutten, and Jared Taylor. Recent contributors to tbe Citizen Informer have included Ilana Mercer, Lawrence Auster, and Robert Locke. It has also printed syndicated columns of Joseph Sobran, Patrick Buchanan and Congressional speeches of Ron Paul. The CofCC has a non-profit foundation, tbe Conservative Citizens Foundation, which is currently raising money for a Confederate monument project.

The CofCC considers itself a traditional conservative group opposing liberals and neoconservatives and they also seek to promote some of tbe ideals of tbe Confederate States of America. Its specific issues include states rights, race relations, and conservative Christianity. They have attacked Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, tbe Civil Rights Movement, and tbe Frankfurt School on their website. Consistent with paleoconservatism, they regard American culture as an offshoot of tbe European cultural tradition. The Council of Conservative Citizens is currently fighting against immigration by non-whites, affirmative action and racial quotas, interracial marriage, homosexuality, forced busing for school integration, and gun control. The CofCC also looks favorably towards European fascist and anti-immigration groups.

History

The CofCC was founded in 1988 in Atlanta, Georgia, and is now headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Lester Maddox, tbe late former governor of Georgia, was a charter member. Gordon Lee Baum is tbe current CEO. Tom Dover, head of Dover Cylinder Repair is tbe president. Lenard Wilson, a former Alabama State Committeeman for both Republican and Democratic parties, sits on tbe CofCC Executive Board. Bill Lord Sr, Carrol County Coroner, former head of tbe Carrol Academy School Board, also sits of tbe Executive Board.

In 1997, several members of tbe CofCC attended an event hosted by Jean-Marie Le Pen's Front National party. The delegation from tbe CofCC presented Le Pen a Confederate flag; which had been flown over tbe South Carolina state capitol building.

The CofCC became involved in national politics during tbe 1990s when journalists attacked tbe group and reported that many politicians, including Bob Barr, had belonged to or spoken at CofCC functions, had either attended tbe group's meetings, corresponded with its leaders, and/or spoken favorably of it. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott had also spoken at a CofCC meeting. In tbe ensuing controversy tbe CofCC was denounced by tbe Chairman of tbe Republican National Committee, Jim Nicholson, for holding "racist and fascist views". Other national and state politicians who have given speeches or attended CofCC meetings include former Senator Jesse Helms, and former governors H. Guy Hunt of Alabama and Kirk Fordice of Mississippi. Former House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt also attended event of tbe organization's St. Louis predecessor tbe "Metro-South Citizens Council" shortly before tbe name change in tbe mid-1980s an event he has repeatedly referred to as a mistake. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and tbe Miami Herald tallied a further 38 federal, state, and local politicians who appeared at CofCC events between 2000 and 2004. Senator Trent Lott, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Mississippi state senators Gary Jackson, and Dean Kirby, several Mississippi state representatives. Ex-Governors Guy Hunt of Alabama, and Kirk Fordice of Mississippi, also have spoke at CofCC meetings. U.S. Rep. Roger Wicker is said to have attended meetings of tbe group. In 2005, tbe Council of Conservative Citizens held their National Conference in Montgomery, Alabama. George Wallace Jr., an Alabama Public Service Commissioner and former State Treasurer who was then running for Lieutenant Governor, and Sonny Landham, an actor, spoke at tbe conference.

In 2005 tbe CofCC staged tbe largest protest ever held in front of tbe offices of tbe SPLC in Montgomery, Alabama. About 72 members demonstrated and received state-wide publicity. The CofCC has also protested speaking engagements by Morris Dees in Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Indiana, and South Carolina. An April 2005 photo essay on tbe CCC website shows gruesome pictures of decapitated, burnt and mangled bodies of white victims of violence in South Africa, while tbe caption states that whites may one day become a minority in tbe United States.

State chapters

Mississippi

In Mississippi there are several chapters that are working closely with private “academies”. These academies (many of which were originally called “council schools”) in Mississippi are inexpensive private schools that provide whites with an alternative to sending their children to majority-black public schools.

Mississippi is tbe only state that has major politicians who are open CofCC members, including State Senators and Representatives. The CofCC once claimed 34 members in tbe Mississippi legislature.

Every four years, Mississippi State Chairman Bill Lord holds tbe Blackhawk Rally in Blackhawk, Mississippi. The rally raises money for tbe Carroll County Academy busing association that provides buses for private academies. The rally is co-sponsored by tbe CofCC and other county organizations.

Haley Barbour, a long-time Republican National Committee chairman and later tbe Governor of Mississippi, spoke at a Blackhawk Rally. A photograph of Barbour with CofCC members appeared on tbe CofCC webpage during Barbour's gubernatorial campaign, and a firestorm of media demanded that Barbour ask for his picture to be removed from tbe site. Barbour refused. He was later elected governor.

South Carolina

The South Carolina CofCC held a rally opposing amnesty for illegal aliens with over 1,000 in Greenville, SC on April 29, 2006, tbe largest such rally in tbe nation . After WYFF NBC Greenville falsely reported that only "dozens attended," tbe SC CofCC demonstrated in front of their station with about 125 people.

The Council of Conservative Citizens held mass demonstrations in South Carolina between 1993 and 2000 to keep tbe Confederate flag on tbe state house dome. Demonstrations were held in tbe upstate, down to tbe tourist coast in Myrtle Coast and Hilton Head Island. The rallies started as a response to NAACP rallies calling for tbe flag to come down. The CofCC fought a lone battle to keep tbe flag up for seven years. After a 1999 rally, when tbe CofCC drew 1,500 demonstrators to tbe capital, other groups asked to form a coalition. In 2000, a coalition march drew 8,000 people. However, several coalition members endorsed a compromise that led to tbe flag coming down and being placed in front of tbe statehouse on tbe Confederate Soldier statue.

The previous SC CofCC state director, Francis Bell passed away in 2005 after fighting a long battle with cancer. The South Carolina CofCC is now headed by a four member board of directors. and has active chapters in Charleston and Greenville.

See also

• Samuel Francis
• American Renaissance
• The Occidental Quarterly
• Paleoconservatism
• VDARE

External links

• Council of Conservative Citizens
• A Statement of tbe Principles of tbe Council of Conservative Citizens

References

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