J. B. Stoner
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Jesse Benjamin "J. B." Stoner (born April 13, 1924 in Walker County, Georgia - died April 23, 2005 in La Fayette, Georgia) was a white supremacist ideologue and terrorist. He was one of the bombers of Bethel Baptist Church in 1958 and co-founded the National States Rights Party which was headquartered in Birmingham from 1960 to 1965. He ran for office several times in Georgia and was the NSRP's vice-presidential candidate in 1964. He was convicted of the Bethel bombing in 1980 and served less than four years.
References
- National States Rights Party (1966, 1970) FBI monograph
- McWhorter, Diane (2001) Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution. New York, New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0743226488
- Holley, Joe (April 28, 2005) "Virulent Segregationist J.B. Stoner Dies." Washington Post