White supremacist J.B. Stoner, convicted of church bombing, dies

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White supremacist J.B. Stoner, convicted of church bombing, dies

The Associated Press - LaFAYETTE, Ga.

J.B. Stoner, an anti-Semite and white supremacist convicted of a church bombing in the civil rights era, died Saturday at a northwest Georgia nursing home. He was 81.

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A Georgia native, Stoner was one of the angriest voices in opposition to the civil rights movement. He revived a dormant chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Chattanooga, Tenn., at age 18. A few years later he headed the Stoner Christian Anti-Jewish Party.

Stoner was a suspect in the 1958 bombing of an empty Birmingham, Ala., church. Stoner wasn't indicted for the crime until 1977, and he fought extradition to Alabama for three years. At his trial, he was convicted in part on the basis of venomous quotes he'd made at the time. When asked if he made one hateful quote from an old newspaper clipping, Stoner replied, "I don't think I said that, but I wish I had." A mostly white jury found him guilty in 90 minutes.

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In 1970, Stoner ran unsuccessfully for Georgia governor in a race Jimmy Carter eventually won. In 1972, he ran for the U.S. Senate. In 1974, he drew 73,000 votes, almost 10 percent, in a race for lieutenant governor.

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In an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last year, Stoner remained unapologetic for his separatist views. "I guess God will put his hand on my head and bless me," he said.

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I grew up in Chattanooga. I remember seeing this man's racist political ads on TV and knowing that his views were wrong.
If there is a God, then he's being judged now.