Sam Francis (writer)
American columnist and writer (1947–2005) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Samuel Todd Francis (April 29, 1947 – February 15, 2005), known as Sam Francis, was an American white supremacist writer.[1][2][3][4][5] He was a columnist and editor for the conservative Washington Times until he was dismissed after making racist remarks at the 1995 American Renaissance conference.[6] Francis would later become a "dominant force" on the Council of Conservative Citizens, a white supremacist organization identified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.[6][7] Francis was chief editor of the council's newsletter, Citizens Informer, until his death in 2005.[7] White supremacist Jared Taylor called Francis "the premier philosopher of white racial consciousness of our time."[8]
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Born | Samuel Todd Francis (1947-04-29)April 29, 1947 Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | February 15, 2005(2005-02-15) (aged 57) Cheverly, Maryland, U.S. |
Resting place | Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University (BA in History) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD in Modern History) |
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Political scientist and writer George Michael, an expert on extremism, identified Francis as one of "the far right's higher-caliber intellectuals."[9] The Southern Poverty Law Center described Francis as an important white nationalist writer known for his "ubiquitous presence of his columns in racist forums and his influence over the general direction of right-wing extremism" in the United States.[7] Analyst Leonard Zeskind called Francis the "philosopher king" of the radical right,[7] writing that, "By any measure, Francis's white nationalism was as subtle as an eight-pound hammer pounding on a twelve inch I beam."[2] Scholar Chip Berlet described Francis as an ultraconservative ideologue akin to Pat Buchanan,[10] whom Francis advised.[11] Anarcho-capitalist political theorist Hans-Hermann Hoppe called Francis "one of the leading theoreticians and strategists of the Buchananite movement."[12]