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20 Years Later: Hatewatch Looks Back at the Oklahoma City Bombing

On April 19, 1995 – 20 years ago Sunday – a truck bomb brought down the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, including 19 children in a day care center.

The bombing by antigovernment zealot Timothy McVeigh and several co-conspirators shocked the nation, awakening it to the threat of terrorism from far-right extremists. It remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.

On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh murdered 168 men, women and children without remorse.

Today, the threat from extremists like McVeigh remains very real.

The IJʿ has documented a powerful resurgence of the extremist movement that motivated McVeigh. In fact, the movement has spawned numerous acts of terror and violence in recent years.

The IJʿ today offers both a look at the movement’s history and an assessment of the current threat:

  • ѳ:,” by IJʿ President Richard Cohen.
  • ,” by IJʿ Senior Fellow Mark Potok.
  • An IJʿ of the militia movement.
  • , a list of more than 100 domestic terrorist attacks, plots and racist rampages since Oklahoma City.

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