Stoner, Jesse Benjamin, 1924-2005
- Authoritative Name:
- Stoner, Jesse Benjamin, 1924-2005
- Biography:
- Jesse Benjamin Stoner, Jr. was born in 1924 in Walker County, Ga., near Chattanooga. At 18, he re-chartered a dormant chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Chattanooga. His philosophy, according to Taylor Branch in his 1998 book "Pillar of Fire," derived from a California fundamentalist, Wesley Swift, who saw Anglo-Saxons as God's chosen people. Mr. Stoner started an anti-Semitic political party in 1945, graduated from Atlanta Law School in 1952 and soon started a second anti-Semitic party. He also helped found the National States Right Party and ran for vice president on the party's ticket in 1964, receiving 6,980 of 70.6 million votes cast. A member of the Ku Klux Klan from his teens, he shadowed the man he called Martin Lucifer King as Dr. King led demonstrations across the South, holding rallies of his own. He was later on the legal team for James Earl Ray, Dr. King's assassin, in the appeal of his conviction. While campaigning again for governor in 1977, he was indicted on charges of bombing Bethel Church in Birmingham in 1958; there were no casualties. He was convicted in 1980 and served three and a half years of a 10-year sentence. -- New York Times Obituaries, April 29, 2005.
- Associated Subjects:
- Stoner, Jesse Benjamin, 1924-2005
Stoner, Jesse Benjamin, 1924-2005--Correspondence
Stoner, Jesse Benjamin, 1924-2005--Political and social views
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--Governor! The opponents you must have ordered-- They here! / Baldy, [1978 June 25]
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1978-06-25
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
--The Baron of Watchamacally-- The Duke of Paduka-- The Queen of Hearts-- The Crown Prince of Jolly Folly! We're quite selective with our guest list, Mr. Stoner! / Baldy, [1980 May 16].
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Date of Original:
- 1980-05-16
- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Dan Warren : Video Interview
- Date of Original:
- 1900/2022
- Collection:
- Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
- Contributing Institution:
- Proctor Library
Dan Warren, Hank Drane, Verle Pope, Hamilton Upchurch, and George Allen : Testimony : Part 1
- Date of Original:
- 1964-06-26
- Collection:
- Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
- Contributing Institution:
- Proctor Library
Dan Warren, Hank Drane, Verle Pope, Hamilton Upchurch, and George Allen : Testimony : Part 2
- Date of Original:
- 1964-06-26
- Collection:
- Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
- Contributing Institution:
- Proctor Library
Elmer Emrich, H.V. Gibson, and Johnie W. Jourdan : Testimony : Part 1
- Date of Original:
- 1964-06-13
- Collection:
- Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
- Contributing Institution:
- Proctor Library
Elmer Emrich, H.V. Gibson, and Johnie W. Jourdan : Testimony : Part 2
- Date of Original:
- 1964-06-13
- Collection:
- Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
- Contributing Institution:
- Proctor Library
FBI Report of 1964-05-30
- Creator:
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Date of Original:
- 1964-05-30
- Collection:
- Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
- Contributing Institution:
- Proctor Library
National States Rights Party
- Creator:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Date of Original:
- 1958/1976
- Collection:
- FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
St. Augustine Race Riots
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Collection:
- Florida Memory Project
- Contributing Institution:
- Florida State Archives
Oral history interview with David Gambrell, 1992 September 21
- Creator:
- Gambrell, David Henry, 1929-
- Date of Original:
- 1992-09-21
- Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
- Contributing Institution:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
Jesse Benjamin Stoner
- Date of Original:
- 1965
- Collection:
- Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
$100,000 bombing rewards set
- Date of Original:
- 1977-10-19
- Collection:
- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)
Civil Rights bombing probe
- Date of Original:
- 1977-10-06
- Collection:
- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)
FBI bombed church, says rally speaker
- Date of Original:
- 1963-10-20
- Collection:
- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)
Georgian suspected in bombing
- Creator:
- Cornwell, Bill
- Date of Original:
- 1977-09-23
- Collection:
- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)
Stoner says he was offered $2,000 to bomb church
- Creator:
- Cornwell, Bill
- Date of Original:
- 1977-09-28
- Collection:
- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)
Letter: Atlanta, Georgia, to Elijah Muhammad, Chicago, Illinois, 1961 April 10
- Creator:
- Stoner, J. B.
- Date of Original:
- 1961-04-10
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Letter: Atlanta, Georgia, to Elijah Muhammad, Chicago, Illinois, 1961 April 10
- Creator:
- Stoner, J. B.
- Date of Original:
- 1961-04-10
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of J. B. Stoner dressed in a jacket and bow tie, Georgia, 1960s
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1960/1969
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of J. B. Stoner looking at an object in his hands while an unidentified female and child look on, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960s
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1960/1969
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of J. B. Stoner, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960s
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1960/1969
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of an unidentified man calling for J.B. Stoner to retract racist statements that call for violence (No date)
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1948/1981
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of men standing around a car decorated with confederate flags and talking to reporter John Philip, 1970, August 07
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1970-08-07
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
Stoner Announced Candidacy for Lieutenant Governor
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1974-03-31
- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection