National Socialist Party of America leader Frank Collin (seated) announces the group's intention to march through Skokie, Illinois

The National Socialist Party of America was an extremist Chicago based neo-Nazi organization founded in 1970 by Frank Collin shortly after he left the National Socialist White People's Party. The NSWPP had been the American Nazi Party until shortly after the assassination of leader George Lincoln Rockwell in 1967. Collin, a follower of Rockwell, developed differences with his successor Mathias Koehl. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... National Socialist Party of America leader Frank Collin (seated) announces the groups intention to march through Skokie, Illinois Frank Joseph Collin (born 3 November 1944) was an American neo-nazi and leader of the National Socialist Party of America (US Nazi Party), whose plans to march in the then... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... National Socialist Party of America leader Frank Collin (seated) announces the groups intention to march through Skokie, Illinois Frank Joseph Collin (born 3 November 1944) was an American neo-nazi and leader of the National Socialist Party of America (US Nazi Party), whose plans to march in the then... The American Nazi Party was an American Neo-Nazi political party formed in February 1959 by George Lincoln Rockwell. ... Jack Ruby murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in a very public manner In its most common use, assassination has come to mean the killing of an important person. ... George Lincoln Rockwell (March 9, 1918 - August 25, 1967) was the founder and Commander of the American Nazi Party and perhaps the most notorious American neo-Nazi leader. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The party's headquarters were in Chicago's Marquette Park, and its main activity in the early 1970s was organizing loud demonstrations against African-Americans moving into previously all-white neighbourhoods. The marches and community reaction led the city of Chicago to ban all demonstrations in Marquette Park unless they paid an insurance fee of $250,000. While challenging the city's actions in the courts, the party decided to redirect its attention to Chicago's outlying suburbs which had no such restrictions. Jump to: navigation, search The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... Jump to: navigation, search African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans, or simply blacks are an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...

In 1977 Collin announced the party's intention to march through the largely Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois where one in six residents was a Holocaust survivor. A legal battle ensued when the village attempted to ban the event, and the party won the right to march on First Amendment grounds in a lawsuit carried all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, though it failed to carry through its intention (at the last minute, Chicago relented and they marched there instead). The notoriety gained from this incident led to the party being spoofed in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of... Incorporated Village in 1888. ... Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ... The first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. ... Jump to: navigation, search Seal of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court in the United States of America, is the head of the Judicial Branch of the Federal Government. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Blues Brothers: Dan Aykroyd (left) and John Belushi. ...

The party collapsed after Collin was charged and convicted in 1980 of sexually abusing young boys, and it emerged he had rejected his own Jewish ancestry.

See also

• Neo-Nazi groups of the United States

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External links

• When the Nazis Came to Skokie
• Attempted Nazi March of 1977 and 1978 in Skokie Digitized Document Collection from the Skokie Public Library
• Smith v. Collin - 1977 US Supreme Court decision permitting marches (denying the village appeal)
• Skokie (1981) - TV movie starring Danny Kaye