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|image = [[File:GeorgeLincolnRockwell.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]
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|fullname = George Lincoln Rockwell
|fullname = George Lincoln Rockwell
|alias =  
|alias =  
|origin = Bloomington, Illinois, United States
|origin = Bloomington, Illinois, United States
|occupation = Founder and leader of the [[American Nazi Party]]
|occupation = Chairman of the [[American Nazi Party]] (1959 - 1967)
|type of villain = [[White Supremacy|White Supremacist]]
|type of villain = Totalitarian Xenophobe
|goals = Create an all-white ethno-state where Jews and Blacks aren't allowed (failed)
|goals = Create an all-white ethno-state where Jews and Blacks aren't allowed (failed)
|crimes = [[Hate Speech|Hate speech]]<br>Xenophobia<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]
|crimes = [[Hate Speech]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Hate crime]]s
|hobby = }}
|hobby = }}{{Quote|I don't believe in democracy. In the second place, neither did our white forefathers. I believe, as they did, in a republican authoritarian republic with a limited electorate - just like the one the writers of our Constitution meant this country to be. When these white Christian patriots sat down to write the Declaration of Independence, there were no black citizens for them to worry about.|George Lincoln Rockwell}}
'''George Lincoln Rockwell''' (March 9, 1918 – August 25, 1967) was an American politician and neo-[[Nazi]]. In 1959, he was discharged from the United States Navy because of his political views and founded the [[American Nazi Party]].
'''George Lincoln Rockwell''' (March 9, 1918 – August 25, 1967) was an American politician, [[White supremacy|white supremacist]], and [[neo-Nazi]]. In 1959, he was discharged from the United States Navy because of his political views and founded the [[American Nazi Party]].


Rockwell [[Holocaust denial|denied]] [[the Holocaust]] and believed that Martin Luther King Jr. was a tool for Jewish [[Communist]]s wanting to rule the white community. He blamed the civil rights movement on the Jews. He regarded [[Adolf Hitler]] as "the White savior of the twentieth century" and regarded blacks as a "primitive, lethargic race who desired only simple pleasures and a life of irresponsibility" and supported the resettlement of all African Americans in a new African state to be funded by the U.S. government.  
Rockwell [[Holocaust denial|denied]] [[the Holocaust]] and believed that Martin Luther King Jr. was a tool for Jewish Communists wanting to rule the white community. He blamed the civil rights movement on the Jews. He regarded [[Adolf Hitler]] as "the White savior of the twentieth century" and regarded blacks as a "primitive, lethargic race who desired only simple pleasures and a life of irresponsibility" and supported the resettlement of all African Americans in a new African state to be funded by the U.S. government.  


As a supporter of racial segregation, he agreed with and quoted many leaders of the Black nationalism movement such as [[Elijah Muhammed]] and [[Malcolm X]] of the [[Nation of Islam]]. In later years, Rockwell became increasingly aligned with other neo-Nazi groups, leading the [[World Union of National Socialists]].
As a supporter of racial segregation, he agreed with and quoted many leaders of the Black nationalism movement such as [[Elijah Muhammed]] and [[Malcolm X]] of the [[Nation of Islam]]. In later years, Rockwell became increasingly aligned with other neo-Nazi groups, leading the [[World Union of National Socialists]].
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*[[David Duke]] once described him as "the greatest American who ever lived."
*[[David Duke]] once described him as "the greatest American who ever lived."
*He was a supporter of the [[Christian Identity]] movement.  
*He was a supporter of the [[Christian Identity]] movement.  
*He is considered a hero by many within the modern-day [[Alt-Right]] movement.  
*He is considered a hero by many within the modern-day [[Alt-Right]] movement, such as with Alt-Righters on YouTube.
*Marlon Brando portrayed Rockwell in the television miniseries ''Roots: The Next Generations'' and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance.
*Marlon Brando portrayed Rockwell in the television miniseries ''Roots: The Next Generations'' and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance.
*He was influenced by Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]]'s stance against communism.
*He was influenced by Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]]'s stance against communism.
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