Ralph Forbes

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Ralph Forbes (right), one of George Lincoln Rockwell’s closest aides with Robert Ernest Giles

Ralph Pern Forbes (born 1940) originally from Flint, Michigan was a Captain in George Lincoln Rockwell’s American Nazi Party. In 1961 Forbes and two other party members were arrested in Philadelphia protesting the movie Exodus.[1]

On May 22, 1964 Forbes was the west coast leader of the party and spoke to a student audience of 6,500 at the University of California in Berkley.

In an August 1965 letter Rockwell suggested to Forbes to start a Christian Identity ministry which would become a front for the party.

Ralph Forbes formed The Sword of Christ Good News Ministries in London, Arkansas. Ralph Forbes became a perennial candidate running for a number of elected offices in Arkansas.

Forbes was the Arkansas campaign manager for David Duke's 1988 bid for president.

Forbes brought a lawsuit against a public television station that keep him out of a debate because he was an independent candidate with little public support. The case went to the Supreme Court which ruled 6 to 3 in favor of the public television station.[2]

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