The Rockwell Report, July 1967
Dallas, TX: National Socialist White People's Party, 1967. The final issue of the American Nazi Party's newsletter, published just weeks before the assassination of its founder and leader, George Lincoln Rockwell (1918–1967). Its lead article, “Assassin Misses Commander,” provides a remarkably ironic account of an unsuccessful attempt on Rockwell's life outside his Arlington, Virginia headquarters, where an unidentified gunman allegedly fired at him from a passing automobile. Rockwell recounts the incident in his characteristic self-aggrandizing style, describing how he pursued the assailants in his own car and subsequently reported the attack to the police. On August 25, 1967, less than two months after this issue appeared, Rockwell was shot and killed in Arlington by former member John Patler.
The issue also includes “Nigger Loving Mississippi Justice,” Rockwell's account of a visit to Mississippi to assist a white man involved in a racially charged criminal case; “The Truth About the Israelis,” an antisemitic commentary on the recent Six-Day War; and “I Have a Dream! A Nigger World!,” an extended racist fantasy illustrated with grotesque caricatures of black Americans. These articles exemplify the publication's mixture of antisemitism, white supremacism, and conspiratorial political commentary, as well as Rockwell's increasingly explicit efforts to capitalize on racial conflict in the United States.
Founded in 1961 as the successor to the National Socialist Bulletin, The Rockwell Report served, along with The Stormtrooper, as the principal periodical of Rockwell's American Nazi Party, which was being rebranded as the National Socialist White People's Party. Published monthly or bimonthly depending on available funds, the magazine disseminated Rockwell's political ideology, chronicled the party's activities, and attempted to recruit sympathizers through sensational accounts of racial unrest and opposition to the civil rights movement.
Stapled wrappers (11" x 8 ½”) printed in black & red, 20 pp., illustrated. Light handling wear, top corner bumped. Any issue scarce. Item #15550
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