Happy Black History Month: The Proud Boys Just Lost Their Name to a Black Church

The white nationalist organization can no longer use its name or sell merchandise without the consent of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Feb 06, 2025

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On the third day of Black History Month, a white nationalist group that swears it’s not a white nationalist group despite being a demonstrably safe space for white nationalists lost its rights to its name to a Black church that its members attacked in 2020 when they took down its Black Lives Matter banner and burned it…

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Zack Linly

Zack Linly is a writer, journalist, artist and advocate for unabashed Blackness.