David Duke Biography
Received
his BA in History in 1974 from LSU.
Won the
ROTC Outstanding Basic Cadet Award at LSU out of a field of
3,000. Achieved highest rank possible for any basic cadet.
Worked for
the U.S. State Department in Laos during the Vietnam War where
he instructed anticommunist Laotian military officers. He
won the "Most Respected Instructor Award." Also volunteered
on missions with Air America to supply the anticommunist forces.
Awarded
a scholarship for studies at the Goethe Institute in Salzburg,
Austria.
Appointed
by Gov. George Wallace as an Honorary Colonel in his state
militia. He has been the recipient of over 35 patriotic awards,
including the Patrick Henry Award from the World anticommunist
Federation.
Has lectured
at Universities in the U.S. and abroad, including Oxford and
Cambridge in England, Harvard, USC, Vanderbilt and many others.
Became the
National Director of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in 1974.
Although his organization was completely legal and nonviolent
(no members were ever charged with any crimes against minorities)
the press and public could not differentiate between his group
and completely separate "Klan" organizations. Some of the other so-called
"Klans" conformed to a Hollywood-generated image of ignorance,
hate and violence. So in 1978 he resigned and formed the NAAWP,
a White civil rights organization. Now he heads EURO, the European American Unity and Rights Organization
After his
election to the House of Representatives in Louisiana, due
to time constraints, he passed on the leadership of the organization he founded, the NAAWP.
Since that time the NAAWP has undergone a series of leadership
changes and internal struggles. David Duke is currently the President of EURO, the European American Unity and Rights Organization
He publishes
the Duke Report, an international newsletter of uncensored
conservative commentary that defends the rights and heritage
of people of European descent. Subscribers can now be found
in every American state and every nation of the world where
Europeans reside in significant numbers.
He has been
interviewed (or debated) by such personalities as Jesse Jackson,
Carl Rowan, Larry King, Ben Bradlee, Pat Buchanan, Barbara
Walters, Candace Bergen, Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather,
Sam Donaldson, Ted Koppel, Jerry Springer and been a guest
on such programs as the Today Show, Nightline, Good Morning
America, CBS Morning News, Prime Time Live, BBC Tonight Program,
Crossfire, Donahue, and many more.
David Duke
was elected in 1989 and served as a member of the House of
Representatives and was a full participating member of the
Republican Legislative Delegation. He served on Committees:
Health and Welfare, and Judiciary.
Authored
landmark conservative legislation, including House Bill 1013
(1990), the first antiaffirmative action challenge passed
by a legislative body in America.
He was recently
elected to Chairmanship of the Republican Parish Executive
Committee of the largest Republican parish (county) in Louisiana.
(St. Tammany RPEC, At-Large Representative, term 1996-2000)
2000 - Current
President of European-American Unity and Rights Organization
(EURO), an organization dedicated to protecting the rights
and heritage of people of European descent in America and
around the world.
August 2002, David Duke receives
honorary doctorate in political science from President's University
of Kiev, Ukraine.
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