When Nazis come to town

James Leroy Wilson
2 min readAug 23, 2021

I recently watched Welcome to Leith, a 2015 documentary about white supremacist Craig Cobb’s attempt to take over a tiny village by persuading others of his ilk to move there. The native villagers resist him. The film’s an interesting time capsule from just seven years ago, before “Nazi” became a brush to paint all Trump supporters.

Leith, North Dakota had one African-American among the two dozen residents, and was…

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James Leroy Wilson

Former activist. Writer with a range of interests from spirituality to sports.