Richard Barrett (born 1943) is an American lawyer, White nationalist and self-proclaimed leader in the nationalist Skinheadz (not to be confused with skinhead) movement. Barrett is a speaker and editor of the All The Way monthly newsletter. He is also General Counsel of the Nationalist Movement, a movement he began in Mississippi. 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... A lawyer is a person who advises clients in legal matters and represents them in courts of law and in other forms of dispute resolution. ... // White nationalism is a political and social movement to advance the social and economic interests of white or Caucasian people. ... Skinheads, named after their shaven heads, are members of a subculture that originated in Britain in the 1960s, where they were closely tied to the Rude Boys of the West Indies and the Mods of the UK. Skinhead with scooter // Categories There are different types of skinheads, falling into three... The Nationalist Movement is a controversial Mississippi-based organization that advocates what it calls a pro-majority position. ...

Education

Barrett was born in New York City. In his biography, he writes his family later moved away to avoid the influx of Jewish and Puerto Rican immigrants., suggesting Barrett was exposed to bigotry at an early age. He graduated from Rutgers University, and later returned his diploma in protest in 1966, following combat-infantry duty in Vietnam, to a Marxist professor Eugene Genovese. He graduated from Memphis State University Law School in 1974. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is the largest institution for higher education in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme, First World War. ... Eugence Dominic Genosvese (May 19, 1930-) was formally a Marxist and historian of the American South. ... The University of Memphis was founded in Memphis, TN in 1912 as the West Tennessee Normal School. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...

In 1992 Barrett argued the case of Forsyth County, Georgia v. The Nationalist Movement before the United States Supreme Court. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... // Forsyth County, Georgia v. ... The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States...

Publications and political activities

Barrett served as Executive Director of the South Carolina branch of the American Independent Party, on behalf of George C. Wallace's presidential bid, in 1968. He organized and chaired Youth for Wallace in 1968 and organized and chaired the National Youth Alliance (which was later reformed into the National Alliance) in 1969. In 1969, the students of Tupelo High School named him Mississippi's Favorite Adopted Son. In 1970 he organized America's Victory Force that held the Victory in Vietnam March on Washington, the largest anti-Communist assembly in American history. He was Chairman of Democrats for Reagan in 1976. He served as Judge-Advocate of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1977. Official language(s) English Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 40th 82,965 km² 320 km 420 km 6 32°430N to 35°12N 78°030W to 83°20W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 26th 4,012... American Independent Party is a United States American political party. ... George Corley Wallace (August 25, 1919–September 13, 1998) was an American politician who was elected Governor of Alabama (as a Democrat) four times (1962, 1970, 1974 and 1982) and ran for U.S. President (in 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The National Alliance is a White supremacist organization based in the United States. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Anti-communism is opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either a theoretical or practical level. ... The Veterans of Foreign Wars, or VFW, is an American organization whose members are current or former members of the U.S. armed forces. ...

In 1982 Barrett published The Commission, a memoir advocating the "resettlement" of "those who were once citizens" to "Puerto Rico, Mexico, Israel, the Orient and Africa." Contending that non-whites, especially blacks, were inferior ("the Negro race... possess[es] no creativity of its own [and] pulls the vitality away from civilization"), he also advocated sterilization and abortions of the "unfit." 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... As a literary genre, a memoir forms a subclass of autobiography, although it is an older form of writing. ...

After touring the Broadwater Estates housing project in London, where working-class youth clashed with police in the Broadwater Farm riot, and meeting with Skrewdriver singer Ian Stuart, Barrett delivered his Raise Your Excalibur speech to the British National Front, pledging solidarity between American and English white supremacists, and became publisher of the Skinheadz website. The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... On 5 October 1985 four police officers went to search the home of Mrs Cynthia Jarrett, near the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham. ... Ian Stuart is also a pseudonym used by Scottish author Alistair MacLean Ian Stuart Donaldson (August 11, 1957 - September 24, 1993), also commonly known as Ian Stuart, was founder of the UK skinhead/punk band Skrewdriver. ... In the United Kingdom, the British National Front (most commonly called the National Front or NF) is an extreme right-wing political party that had its heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. ...

In 2004 Barrett organized a booth at the Mississippi State Fair for the public to shake hands with Edgar Ray Killen and sign a petition of support. Killen, who did not appear, was later convicted of manslaughter for his role in the Ku Klux Klan-led murder of three civil rights activists in 1964. In an interview Barrett predicted that the nation would rally around Killen. [1] He was Chairman of The Spirit of America Day in 2005. It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... Killen in middle age Edgar Ray (Preacher) Killen (born 1925) is an American sawmill operator and part-time Baptist minister who conspired to kill several civil rights activists in 1964. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... The Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders were the 1964 slayings of three political activists during the American Civil Rights Movement. ...

Barrett ran for Governor of Mississippi in the Democratic primary elections in 1979, receiving two percent of the vote, and 1999. Governors of Mississippi Territory, 1801–1817 Winthorp Sargent (Federalist) (7 May 1798–25 May 1801) William C. C. Claiborne (Democrat) (25 May 1801–1 March 1805) Robert Williams (Democrat) (1 March 1805–7 March 1809) David Holmes (Democrat) (7 March 1809–10 December 1817) Governors of the State of Mississippi... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other one being the Republican Party. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Media and other reaction

Barrett has been dubbed a "white-power leader" by ABC's Prime-Time Live. The Anti-Defamation League has listed him as a leading white supremacist. Playboy lambasted him as "offensive." The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Classic Playboy logo. ...

See also

• Crosstar
• The Nationalist Movement
• White Nationalism
  

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Nationalist Movement. ... The Nationalist Movement is a controversial Mississippi-based organization that advocates what it calls a pro-majority position. ... // White nationalism is a political and social movement to advance the social and economic interests of white or Caucasian people. ...

External links

• Hoots-Pah Award
• Knight-Ridder Characterization as leader of Skinheads
• Prime-Time Live Characterization as "white-power leader"
• Raise Your Excalibur Address to The National Front
• Anti-Defamation League Characterization as opponent of Israel
• In My Defense and On My Honor Rima Chaddha's piece describing Barrett's attacks on her website. Contains links to some recent Barrett media coverage.
• White Supremacists and the Mississippi State Fair Tavis Smiley interviews Richard Barrett on National Public Radio
• Lott's daughter hits back at segregationist: Suing white-supremacist leader for insinuating she spoke at his event WorldNetDaily, December 19, 2002
• 250 protest Barnett's rally The Daily Mississippian October 31, 2003
• Barrett's New Jersey protest Global Report July 5, 2006
• NPR: Tavis Smiley Interviews Richard Barrett 2005