Residents of Leith, North Dakota were alarmed to learn about Paul Craig Cobb’s plans to create a white supremacist haven in their small, peaceful town. Cobb, a well-known white supremacist, moved to Leith last year and has bought up more than a dozen properties since 2011. The New York Times reports his goal is to create a white power colony in Leith, and he has already transferred ownership of some of those properties to other known white supremacists.
Bobby Harper, the sole black resident of Leith, lives just one block away from Cobb–who allegedly referred to Harper’s wife Sherrill as a "filthy race-mixing white woman" in an online forum. The current population of Leith is 24 people, and residents are very concerned about Cobb’s activities. Some have even tried to buy back their properties in an effort to block his plans.