League of the South
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| Abbreviation | LS |
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| Formation | 1994 |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Creation of a neo-confederate Southern nation, based on Christianity. |
| Headquarters | Killen, Alabama |
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Region
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Southern United States |
| Fields | Politics |
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Membership (2000)
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ca. 9,000 |
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Official language
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English. Rejects Merriam Webster's orthography and instead opts for the Oxford standard. |
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President
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Michael Hill |
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Key people
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Thomas Fleming, Michael Peroutka, Clyde N. Wilson, Thomas Woods |
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Parent organization
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Military Order of the Stars and Bars |
| Subsidiaries | Southern Patriot (magazine) |
| Slogan | Survival, Well-Being, and Independence of the Southern People |
| Website | leagueofthesouth |
The League of the South is a Southern nationalist organization, headquartered in Killen, Alabama, which states that its ultimate goal is "a free and independent Southern republic". The group defines the Southern United States as the states that made up the former Confederacy. It claims to be also a religious and social movement, advocating a return to a more traditionally conservative, Christian-oriented Southern culture. It advocates a "natural societal order of superiors and subordinates", using as an example, "Christ is the head of His Church; husbands are the heads of their families; parents are placed over their children; employers rank above their employees; the teacher is superior to his students, etc."
The League of the South has been described as a white supremacist and white nationalist organization. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the League of the South as a Neo-Confederate hate group.
The organization was formed in 1994 by Michael Hill and others, including attorney Jack Kershaw. The League of the South was named in reference to the League of United Southerners, a group organized in 1858 to shape Southern public opinion and the Lega Nord (Northern League), a very successful populist movement in northern Italy.
The LOS’ first meeting was represented with a group of 40 men, 28 of whom formed an organization then known as The Southern League. The name was changed to The League of the South in 1996 in order to avoid confusion with the minor league baseball organization also known as The Southern League. There were Southern professors among them. Michael Hill was the leader and still is. He was a British history professor and specialist in Celtic history at Stillman College, which is considered to be a historically black school in Tuscaloosa, Ala. However, Hill has since left his teaching position.
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