Rocky Joe Suhayda (born 1952) is an Americanneo-Nazi and far-right activist, who was chairman of an organization called the American Nazi Party, based inMichigan. Suhayda's American Nazi Party is not the same organization as the originalAmerican Nazi Party, founded byGeorge Lincoln Rockwell. He has held the office since at least 1999.
Suhayda was born in 1952[1][2] inDetroit, Michigan.[3] Suhayda graduated fromBentley High School inLivonia, Michigan, in 1969.[4] He worked in the shipping and receiving department of the Garden City Osteopathic Hospital.[4] Suhayda has run unsuccessfully for public office on several occasions, including for the Livonia School District and the Livonia City Council.[3][4][5] He has three children.[3]
Suhayda formerly ran the European American Education Association.[17] He was a member of the National White People's Party in 1976, but resigned some point before 1979.[18] From 1979 until the 1980's, he was the Chairman of a 12-member group called The National Front.[18] Suhayda has stated that he represents a Livonia chapter of theKu Klux Klan.[19] On September 10, 1989, he held a "White Vigil", which he said was to "honor all of our comrades who have died for our cause and who face living death"; it was in an effort to unify white power groups. Members from six groups attended.[17] In 1990, a meeting of the Michigan White Unity Coalition was held in his home.[20]
Followingwhite supremacist activistAlex Curtis being indicted in 2000, Suhayda appealed for legal donations for Curtis.[21] Shortly after theSeptember 11 attacks, Suhayda stated that "if we were one-tenth as serious as thebin Laden terrorists, we just might start getting somewhere", and that the hijackers had "put our great White Movement to SHAME".[22][23][24][25] During the2008 United States presidential election, he stated that he preferredBarack Obama, despite him being black, saying that: "White people are faced with either a negro or a total nutter who happens to have a pale face. Personally, I’d prefer the negro."[26] His ANP allows non-White or Jewish "supporters".[27] In 2016, Suhayda stated on his radio show that aDonald Trump presidency could give American Nazis the chance to build a 'pro-white' political caucus similar to theCongressional Black Caucus.[28][29] He publicly supported the appointment ofSteve Bannon to the position of chief strategist in Donald Trump's White House.[30][31]
^Suhayda, Rocky (April 22, 2015)."ANP Report for April 22, 2015". American Nazi Party. Archived fromthe original on May 23, 2016.In 1952 when I was born, America was a 92% White/European nation [...]
^Suhayda, Rocky (August 21, 2005)."ANP Report for August 21, 2005". American Nazi Party. Archived fromthe original on November 29, 2006.But as I was born in 1952, and have SEEN it with my own eyes...
