Towson, Maryland
—  CDP  —
The County Courthouse, built in 1855
Location of Towson, Maryland
Coordinates: 39°23′35″N 76°36′34″W / 39.39306°N 76.60944°W / 39.39306; -76.60944Coordinates: 39°23′35″N 76°36′34″W / 39.39306°N 76.60944°W / 39.39306; -76.60944
Country	United States
State	Maryland
County	Baltimore
Area
• Total	14.2 sq mi (36.8 km2)
• Land	14.0 sq mi (36.4 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation	463 ft (141 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	55,197
• Density	3,688.7/sq mi (1,424.2/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	21200-21299
Area code(s)	410
FIPS code	24-78425
GNIS feature ID	0591420

Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Baltimore County^[1] and the second-most populated unincorporated county seat in the United States (after Ellicott City, Maryland).^[2]

History[link]

1600s[link]

The first inhabitants of the Towson region were the Susquehannough people who hunted in the area. Though their region included all of Baltimore County, their primary settlement was along the mouth of the Susquehanna River.^[3]

1700s[link]

Towson was settled in 1752 when two Pennsylvania brothers, William and Thomas Towson, began farming northeast of present-day York and Joppa Roads. William's son, Ezekial, started the Towson Hotel at York and Joppa Roads in 1768 to serve the increasing traffic of farmers bringing their produce and livestock to the port of Baltimore. The village became known as "Towsontown".^[2][4] Today a shopping mall is situated at the intersection of York Road and Joppa Road known as the "Towson Town Center".^[5]

In 1790, Charles Ridgely completed the magnificent Hampton Mansion just north of Towsontown, the largest private house in America at the time. The Ridgelys lived there for six generations, until 1948.^[6] It is now preserved as the Hampton National Historic Site and open to the public.

1800s[link]

On February 13, 1854, Towson became the county seat of Baltimore County by popular vote.^[7] The Court House, still in use, was designed by Dixon, Balbirnie and Dixon^[8] and completed within a year, constructed of limestone and marble donated by the Ridgely family, on land donated by Towson merchant Grafton Bosley.^[4][7] The Courthouse was subsequently enlarged in 1910 through designs for north and south wings by Baldwin and Pennington. Expansion in 1926 and 1958 created an H-shaped plan.^[9] The Baltimore County Jail was built in 1855.

From 1850 to 1874, another notable land owner, Amos Matthews, had a farm of 150 acres (0.61 km²) that — with the exception of the 17-acre (69,000 m²) largely natural parcel where the Kelso Home for Girls (currently Towson YMCA), was later erected — was wholly developed into the neighborhoods of West Towson, Southland Hills and other subdivisions beginning in the middle 1920s.^[10]

The former Grafton Bosley estate 'Uplands', Towson MD. after becoming the Presbyterian Home of Maryland (photo abt 1930)

During the Civil War, Towson was the scene of two minor engagements. Many of Towson's citizens were sympathetic to the southern cause, so much so that Ady's Hotel, later the Towson Hotel and the current site of the Recher Theatre, flew a southern flag.^[11][12][13] The Union Army found it necessary to overtake the town by force on June 2, 1861.^[14] During the raid, the Union army seized weapons from citizens at Ady's Hotel.^[14] A local paper, in jest, referred to Towson as the “strongly fortified and almost impregnable city of Towsontown” and downplays the need for the attack, stating, “the distinguished Straw, with only two hundred and fifty men, has taken a whole city and nearly frightened two old women out of their wits.”^[14]

The second engagement took place around July 12, 1864 between Union and Confederate forces. On July 10, 1864, a 135-man Confederate cavalry detachment attacked the Northern Central Railway in nearby Cockeysville, under orders from Gen. Bradley T. Johnson. The First and Second Maryland Cavalry, led by Baltimore County native and pre-war member of the Towson Horse Guards, Maj. Harry W. Gilmor, attacked strategic targets throughout Baltimore and Harford counties, including cutting telegraph wires along Harford Road, capturing two trains and a Union General, and destroying a railroad bridge in Joppa, Maryland. Following what became known as Gilmor's Raid, the cavalry encamped in Towson overnight at Ady's Hotel where his men rested and Gilmor met with friends.^[11][15] The next day, a large federal cavalry unit was dispatched from Baltimore to overtake Gilmor's forces. Though outnumbered by more than two to one, the Confederate cavalry attacked the federal unit, breaking the federal unit and chasing them down York Road to around current day Woodbourne Avenue within Baltimore City limits.^[11][16][17] Gilmor's forces traveled south along York Road as far south as Govans, before heading west to rejoin Gen. Johnson's main force.^[18] Following the war, Gilmor served as the Baltimore City Police Commissioner in the 1870s.

The Towson fire of 1878 destroyed most of the 500 block along the York Turnpike causing an estimated $38,000 in damage.^[19][20]

During the summer of 1894, the Towson Water Company laid wooden pipes and installed fire hydrants that were connected to an artesian well near Aigburth Vale. On November 2, 1894, Towson was supplied with electric service through connection with the Mount Washington Electric Light and Power Company.^[21]

1900s[link]

At the beginning of the century, Towson remained largely a rural community. Land continued to be sold by the acre, rather than as home parcels. Most residences lay within Towson proper: no houses existed west of Central Avenue along Allegheny or Pennsylvania avenues, and there were only three homes along the West Chesapeake Avenue corridor.^[22]

As the growth of Baltimore's suburbs became more pronounced after World War II, considerable office development took place in Towson's central core area. Many of the large Victorian and colonial-style residences in the vicinity of the Court House were demolished in the 1980s and 1990s for offices and parking.

Towson United Methodist Church

In 1839, Epsom Chapel became the first Christian house of worship in Towson, used by various denominations.^[2] As the population grew in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, several churches were built to serve the community, such as Calvary Baptist Church, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, First Methodist Church, and Towson Presbyterian Church. Epsom Chapel was demolished in 1950 when Goucher College sold a portion of its property for development of the Towson Plaza shopping center, now Towson Town Center. First Methodist Church moved in 1958 to land also acquired from Goucher College and is now Towson United Methodist Church.^[4]

Geography[link]

Towson is located at 39°23′35″N 76°36′34″W / 39.39306°N 76.60944°W / 39.39306; -76.60944 (39.392980, -76.609562)^[23].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 14.2 square miles (37 km²), of which, 14.0 square miles (36 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²) of it (1.06%) is water.

The community is located immediately north of Baltimore City, inside the Beltway (I-695), east of I-83 and along York Road. Its census boundaries include Pikesville to the west, Lutherville and Hampton to the north, Parkville to the east, and Baltimore to the south.

Major neighborhoods in Towson include Anneslie, Idlewylde, Greenbriar, Southland Hills, Rodgers Forge, Stoneleigh, Wiltondale, Towson Manor Village, Hunt Crest Estates, Knollwood-Donnybrook, East Towson, and West Towson. Ruxton, which lies to the west, is sometimes considered a part of Towson. Eudowood is a Towson neighborhood named after Eudocia, the wife of Dr. John T. Stansbury - on whose former estate it is situated.^[24]

Climate[link]

Lying north of the city of Baltimore, and at the southern edge of the Piedmont gives Towson an "in-between" climate, lying in the northern portion of the humid subtropical climate zone. Summers are hot and humid, with daytime highs reaching into the 90s in July and August. Spring and fall bring pleasant temperatures in the 60s and 70s with moderate rainfall. Winters are mild by American standards but can still include occasional snowfall and freezing rain, with typical January highs just above 40 degrees and lows just below freezing. Annual rainfall totals 45 inches (1,143 mm).

Government[link]

The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is headquartered at Suite 1000 at 300 East Joppa Road in the Towson CDP.^[26][27][28]

Demographics[link]

As of the census^[29] of 2000, there were 51,793 people, 21,063 households, and 11,331 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,688.7 people per square mile (1,424.3/km²). There were 21,997 housing units at an average density of 1,566.6 per square mile (604.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.9% White, 7.53% African American, 0.10% Native American, 3.7% Asian, and 1.9% Hispanic.

There were 21,063 households out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.6% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.2% were non-families. 36.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 17.4% under the age of 18, 17.5% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 82.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $53,775, and the median income for a family was $75,832 (these figures had risen to $64,313 and $98,744 respectively as of a 2007 estimate^[30]). Males had a median income of $49,554 versus $38,172 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $32,502. About 2.5% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation[link]

Roads[link]

Major roads in Towson include:

• Allegheny Avenue
• Bellona Avenue
• Bosley Avenue
• Burke Avenue
• Charles Street (MD-139)
• Chesapeake Avenue
• Cromwell Bridge Road
• Dulaney Valley Road (MD-146)
• Fairmount Avenue
• Goucher Boulevard
• Hillen Road
• Joppa Road
• Loch Raven Boulevard
• Osler Drive
• Pennsylvania Avenue
• Providence Road
• Putty Hill Avenue
• Stevenson Lane
• Towsontown Boulevard
• Washington Avenue
• York Road (MD-45)

Public transportation[link]

The Towson area has several bus lines operated by the Maryland Transit Administration. These include:

• Route 3, which serves the Loch Raven Boulevard corridor, with selected trips along Joppa Road.
• Route 8, which operates along York Road to Lutherville and downtown Baltimore (formerly the #8 streetcar line)
• Route 11, which serves Towsontown Boulevard, the Charles Street corridor, and GBMC hospital
• Route 12, which operates along York and Dulaney Valley Roads to Stella Maris Hospice at the times needed for the facility's change of shift.
• Route 48 QuickBus, which operates between Towson Town Center and downtown Baltimore along the same route as #8, except with limited stops for a speedier trip
• Route 55, which operates cross-county service to Parkville, Overlea, Rosedale, and Essex

Towson also has light rail service to downtown Baltimore and BWI Airport along its periphery via the Lutherville and Falls Road stops, though there are no stops actually in Towson.

Towson University and Goucher College also operate bus services for their students, and the Collegetown Shuttle has several stops in the area.

"Ma and Pa" Railroad[link]

Railroad service began to Towson on April 17, 1882, with construction of the Baltimore & Delta Railway Company, soon renamed the Baltimore & Lehigh Railroad and later reorganized as the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad. The "Ma and Pa", as it was affectionately known locally, formerly operated between Baltimore and York, Pennsylvania, through Towson. Its passenger station was located just west of York Road on Susquehanna Avenue. Passenger service was discontinued on August 31, 1954, and the railroad line through Towson was finally abandoned altogether on June 11, 1958, leaving only the stone abutments where the tracks crossed York Road on a steel girder bridge.^[31] One passenger on the last passenger train recalled that many riders came from as far away as Boston and Washington, D.C., to participate in the historic event, along with members of the National Railway Historical Society.^[32] Historic Towson, a local group of history buffs, installed a bronze plaque on the west abutment in 1999, commemorating the defunct railroad's place in Towson's history.^[33]

Shopping and other attractions[link]

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Towson has some of Baltimore County's largest shopping areas. These include:

Towson Town Center[link]

Towson Town Center is Baltimore County's largest indoor mall with four stories of shops and a parking garage, which is also linked to some other shops across the street, including a Barnes and Noble, which structurally is beneath Joppa Road near the Towson Circle. Also nearby is Allegheny Avenue, the main street of downtown Towson, which offers a variety of local eateries.

Towson Commons[link]

One block away from Towson Town Center is Towson Commons, a smaller mall that was once most notably home to Borders Books, but has since declined and now houses offices upstairs. The AMC movie theater located here closed May 2011.

The Shops at Kenilworth[link]

The Shops at Kenilworth, formerly known as Kenilworth Park and also as Kenilworth Bazaar, is a small indoor mall located on Kenilworth Drive. The mall at one time was home to an express location of the Motor Vehicle Administration, which has since moved, and is now Sports Her Way.

Towson Marketplace[link]

The Towson Marketplace is a major shopping area near Joppa Road, Goucher Boulevard, and Putty Hill Avenue. Built on the site of the Eudowood Sanatarium, the original Eudowood Plaza shopping center was an open mall anchored by Montgomery Ward. Renovated in the early 1980s to an indoor mall, the location has been converted into some big box stores and supermarkets, including a Wal-Mart, Target, Marshall's, Sports Authority, Superfresh, and Bed Bath & Beyond. Towson Marketplace is next to Calvert Hall College High School.

Recher Theatre[link]

The Recher Theatre, located in downtown Towson, is a popular concert venue for popular local and national acts.

Towson Center & Unitas Stadium[link]

Towson University's arena Towson Center and stadium Unitas Stadium are both main destinations for Towson Tiger athletics and other events.

Education[link]

Colleges and universities[link]

Towson University is a public school in southern Towson. Towson University's student population is greater than 20,000, making it the second largest institution in the University System of Maryland. TU is home to the largest Business School in the state of Maryland, with 2,500 students. It was founded in 1866 as the Maryland State Normal School for the training of teachers. North of downtown is a small private liberal arts school, Goucher College, which was founded in 1885 as The Woman's College of Baltimore.

Public schools[link]

Towson High School

Towson is served by the Baltimore County Public Schools district, and the Baltimore County Board of Education headquarters is located here as well. There are three high schools. Towson High School was the first secondary school founded and is Towson's largest, while Loch Raven High School dates from 1972. The Carver Center for Arts and Technology is a local magnet school.

Towson is served by five public elementary schools: Rodgers Forge, Stoneleigh, Riderwood, Hampton, and West Towson. All five of the schools are now over-capacity.

Also located in Towson is Ridge Ruxton School, a special education school serving the central area of Baltimore County, including Reisterstown, Owings Mills, Parkville, Cockeysville, and Hunt Valley. The school describes itself as offering "programs for students from three to twenty-one years of age who have been identified as developmentally delayed, intellectually limited, autistic-like, and/or multi-handicapped".^[34]

Private schools[link]

The Towson area has a number of long-established private schools at the secondary school level, including Calvert Hall College High School, Loyola Blakefield, Baltimore Lutheran School, Notre Dame Preparatory School.

Notable residents and natives[link]

• Spiro Agnew (1918–1996), Vice President of the United States 1969-1973
• Albert Cassell (1895–1969), architect
• William Purington Cole, Jr. (1889–1957), U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 2nd District, 1927–1929 and 1931-1942.
• Mel Kiper, Jr. (born 1960), ESPN Draft Analyst.
• Divine (1945–1988), actor, the drag persona of Harris Glen Milstead.
• Jean Marie "Jeff" Donnell (1921–1988), film and TV actress
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), writer
• Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank) (1918–1986), artist
• Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996), film actress
• G. E. Lowman (1897–1965), radio evangelist
• Gino Marchetti, Hall of Fame NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts)
• Kimmie Meissner, figure skater and last US world figure skating champion
• Anita Nall (born 1976), 1992 Summer Olympics gold medalist swimmer
• Thomas W. Offutt (banker, land owner) president and director of the Second National Bank, Towson^[10][35]
• Michael Phelps (born 1985), 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics gold medalist swimmer
• Charles Ridgely (1733–1790), Hampton estate founder and ironworks owner
• Charles Carnan Ridgely (1760–1829), Governor of Maryland 1815-1818
• Eliza Ridgely of Hampton (1803–1867), 'The Lady with a Harp'
• Don Shula (born 1930), Former Head Coach and Player with the Baltimore Colts, who also led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history. Holds NFL record for most wins as a Head Coach.
• Major-General Nathan Towson(1784–1854), distinguished officer of the War of 1812, former Paymaster of the US Army, and namesake of Fort Towson, Oklahoma.
• Johnny Unitas (1933–2002), Hall of Fame NFL quarterback (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers)
• Ricky Van Veen, owner and co-founder of CollegeHumor website
• Thomas Roberts, dayside anchor and occasional prime time fill-in on msnbc.
• All Time Low, the pop punk band.

Medical Facilities[link]

• Greater Baltimore Medical Center
• St. Joseph Medical Center
• Sheppard Pratt Hospital

Cultural references[link]

• The character Elaine Benes, of the 1990s NBC sitcom Seinfeld, is from Towson.
• The character Sam Fisher in the Splinter Cell novels by Raymond Benson, resided in a townhouse in Towson.
• Tom Clancy's fictional CIA Analyst character Jack Ryan was born in Towson.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Historic Towson Inc.
• Towson.com
• Towson Town Center
• Towson Chamber of Commerce
• Towson Junior Chamber
• The Greater Towson Committee
• Towsontown Spring Festival
• A Short History of the WTNA, by Richard Parsons [1]
• Eudowood Sanatarium (Hospital for Consumptives of Maryland)[2]
• Towson Weather

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Rob Ambrose is the current head coach of the Towson Tigers football team of Towson University.^[1] Ambrose was formerly the offensive coordinator of the UConn Huskies before being announced as Towson's head coach in December 2008. Ambrose played wide receiver for Towson in the early 1990s.^[2]

Background[link]

Coach Ambrose is a 1993 graduate of Towson University. In the Spring of 1992, then wide receiver Ambrose suffered a playing career ending injury before his Senior season. Gordy Combs made Ambrose a Student Assistant Coach following the injury. Following graduation Ambrose became a full time member of the Tigers Coaching Staff eventually becoming the Passing Game and Recruiting Coordinator. In 1993 Ambrose helped the Tigers compile an 8-2 record ending the season ranked 24th in Division 1-AA. During the 1993 season Ambrose was an Offensive Assistant, he coached All-American running back Tony Vinson who at the time led the nation in rushing yards (2,016), all-purpose yards (2,073) and points scored (138). Vinson was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the fifth round of the NFL draft.

Head coaching record[link]

References[link]

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Samuel Jared Taylor
Born	1951 Japan
Residence	Oakton, Virginia
Alma mater	Yale University, Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
Occupation	Journalist, Executive editor
Website
www.jaredtaylor.org

Samuel Jared Taylor (born 1951) of Oakton, Virginia, is an American journalist and an advocate of what he describes as "racial realism", a philosophy that views race as a biological reality and advocates the separateness of racial groups as the key of a well functioning society.^[1] He is known for his advocacy of racial profiling as a valid technique in crime fighting and for his role as a relatively moderate voice in the American white nationalist environment.^[2]

Taylor is the founder and editor of American Renaissance, a journal that describes itself as "America's premiere publication of racial-realist thought."^[3] He is the president of the parent organization, New Century Foundation, and a former director of the National Policy Institute, a Georgia-based think tank. He is a former member of the advisory board of The Occidental Quarterly. Taylor and many of the organizations he is associated with are often described as promoting racist ideologies by civil rights groups, news media as well as by academics studying racism in the US.^[4][5][6] He rejects these accusations himself, saying that his views are reasonable and moderate.^[7]

Early life[link]

Born to missionary parents in Japan,^[7] Taylor lived in that country until he was 16 years old. His parents were conventional liberals, and so was he until the age of 30. He graduated from Yale University in 1973 with a BA in Philosophy, and did graduate coursework at Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). He has also worked in west Africa, and has traveled the area extensively.^[7] Taylor speaks fluent English, Japanese and French. In the 1980s, Taylor was West Coast editor of PC Magazine and a consultant before founding the American Renaissance periodical in 1990. Taylor has taught Japanese to summer school students at Harvard University.

Books[link]

This section relies on references to primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject, rather than references from independent authors and third-party publications. Please add citations from reliable sources. (May 2011)

He is the author of Shadows of the Rising Sun: A Critical View of the Japanese Miracle (1983) ISBN 0-688-02455-6, in which he wrote that Japan was not an appropriate economic or social model for the United States, and criticized the Japanese for excessive preoccupation with their own uniqueness.

Taylor first turned to race in Paved With Good Intentions: The Failure of Race Relations in Contemporary America (1993) ISBN 0-9656383-4-0,^[8] in which he argued that racism is no longer a convincing excuse for high black rates of crime, poverty, and school failure. He also edited The Real American Dilemma: Race, Immigration, and the Future of America, (1998) ISBN 0-9656383-0-8.^[9]

Taylor supervised preparation of the New Century Foundation monograph, The Color of Crime (1998, 2005), which argues that blacks and Hispanics commit violent crimes at considerably higher rates than whites, and that whites commit violent crimes at higher rates than Asians.^[10] He is the main contributor to a collection of articles from American Renaissance magazine called A Race Against Time: Racial Heresies for the 21st Century, (2003) ISBN 0-9656383-2-4^[11] and editor of a collection of essays by the late Samuel Francis entitled Essential Writings on Race, (2007) ISBN 978-0-9656383-7-1.^[12]

On May 3, 2011, The New Century Foundation released Jared Taylor's sequel to Paved With Good Intentions entitled White Identity: Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century.

Views[link]

Taylor believes that white people have their own racial interests, and that it is intellectually valid for them to protect these interests; he sees it as anomalous that whites have allowed people of other ethnicities to organize themselves politically while not doing so themselves.^[13] His journal American Renaissance was founded to provide such a voice for white interests, as well as to convince whites that this enterprise is a legitimate one.^[14] Taylor's beliefs are based on his view that human beings are essentially tribal by nature, and that people are instinctively loyal to those of their own race. As a result of this, he believes that societies comprising many ethnic groups cannot be as successful as those that are racially homogeneous.^[7]

Taylor has summarized the basis for his views in the following terms:

Race is an important aspect of individual and group identity. Of all the fault lines that divide society—language, religion, class, ideology—it is the most prominent and divisive. Race and racial conflict are at the heart of the most serious challenges the Western World faces in the 21st century... Attempts to gloss over the significance of race or even to deny its reality only make problems worse.^[15]

He has questioned the capacity of blacks to live successfully in a civilized society. In an article on the chaos in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Taylor wrote "when blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western Civilization—any kind of civilization—disappears. And in a crisis, civilization disappears overnight."^[16] Taylor believes in a direct correlation between race and intelligence, where blacks are generally less intelligent than whites, and whites are generally less intelligent than East Asians, as expressed in The Bell Curve. Taylor has said in an interview:

I think Asians are objectively superior to Whites by just about any measure that you can come up with in terms of what are the ingredients for a successful society. This doesn't mean that I want America to become Asian. I think every people has a right to be itself, and this becomes clear whether we're talking about Irian Jaya or Tibet, for that matter.^[17]

Taylor has made remarks on the growing number of non-whites in Europe, America and Australia.

Taylor has also given support to Hans-Hermann Hoppe's attempts to persuade libertarians to oppose immigration; he generally approves of Hoppe's work, although he sees the pursuit of a society with no government at all to be "the sort of experiment one might prefer to watch in a foreign country before attempting it oneself".^[18]

In a speech delivered on May 28, 2005, to the British self-determination group, Sovereignty, Taylor said of his personal feelings to interracial marriages, "I want my grandchildren to look like my grandparents. I don't want them to look like Anwar Sadat or Fu Manchu or Whoopi Goldberg."^[19]

Taylor is opposed to antisemitism.^{[citation needed]} In his 1983 book Shadows of the Rising Sun, he denounced imperial Japanese links to Nazi Germany. At the first American Renessiance conference, held in Atlanta in 1994, rabbi Mayer Schiller was the dinner speaker. In 1997, he removed Holocaust deniers and neo-Nazis from the groups' e-mail list.^[20]

Reception[link]

Taylor's views have been described as racist by some academics, political commentators, journalists, and various other organizations.^[21][22][23] Taylor himself refutes any accusation of racism; he claims that his views are reasonable and moderate, and that they were considered normal by most key figures in American history.^[7]

The Southern Poverty Law Center describes Taylor as "a courtly presenter of ideas that most would describe as crudely white supremacist — a kind of modern-day version of the refined but racist colonialist of old."^[24] A 2005 feature in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described Taylor as "a racist in the guise of expert"^[25]

Mark Potok and Heidi Beirich, writers in the Intelligence Report (a publication of the Southern Poverty Law Center), has written that "Jared Taylor is the cultivated, cosmopolitan face of white supremacy. He is the guy who is providing the intellectual heft, in effect, to modern-day Klansmen." They have also stated that "American Renaissance has become increasingly important over the years, bringing a measure of intellectualism and seriousness to the typically thug-dominated world of white supremacy".^[20]

Taylor's views have drawn accusations of racism from various academics, political commentators, journalists, and activist organizations.^[26][27][28]

Conservative author and former National Review contributor John Derbyshire, while not condoning all of Taylor's work, has said that Taylor is a "polite and good-natured man," but that he is a "dissident" whose opinions "violate tribal taboos."^[29]

Bibliography[link]

• Taylor, Jared (1983). Shadows of the Rising Sun: a Critical View of the "Japanese miracle". New York: Morrow. ISBN 0-688-02455-6. 
• Taylor, Jared; Mitsunobu Yamamoto (1984) (in Japanese). Shado obu Japan. Tokyo: Kobunsha. ISBN 978-4-334-96006-3. 
• Taylor, Jared (1992). Paved With Good Intentions: The Failure of Race Relations in Contemporary America. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-88184-866-2. 
• Taylor, Jared (1998). The Real American Dilemma: Race, Immigration, and the Future of America. Oakton, Va.: New Century Foundation. ISBN 0-9656383-0-8. 
• McDaniel, George (ed.) (2003). A Race Against Time: Racial Heresies for the 21st Century. Oakton, Va.: New Century Foundation. ISBN 0-9656383-2-4.  foreword by Jared Taylor
• Taylor, Jared (2011). White Identity: Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century. Oakton, Va.: New Century Foundation. ISBN 0-9656383-9-1. 

Footnotes[link]

References[link]

See also[link]

• American Renaissance (magazine)
• Racialism
• Racial realism
• Racial segregation in the United States
• Scientific racism
• White nationalism

External links[link]

• Jared Taylor Jared Taylor's personal website
• American Renaissance The website of American Renaissance