Black, citing a loyalty oath he failed to sign before registering his candidacy. The oath states candidates must refrain from activities "likely to injure the name of the Republican Party." He hosted the Derek Black Show weekdays on a local West Palm Beach, Florida, AM radio station, WPBR, to which Don Black paid $600 a week to broadcast content on. The radio show ended in January 2013, with Derek Black appearing on few episodes over the last year. By summer 2013, Derek Black had called into question his racist ideologies, and he began to renounce white supremacism and issued an apology to those harmed by his previous actions and beliefs. His renunciation reportedly shocked his father and like-minded people. By 2016, Derek Black had fully renounced his white nationalist views and was actively speaking out against such views in the press. Washington Post staff writer Eli Saslow detailed the ideological transformation of Derek which began with the rejection of his family, moving to Michigan and assuming a new name and eventually becoming a Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago, studying Medieval Islam. References Further reading External links Don Black: White Pride World Wide – Statement by the Anti-Defamation League 1953 births Living people 20th-century far-right politicians in the United States Neo-Nazi politicians in the United States Alabama politicians convicted of crimes American filibusters (military) American Holocaust deniers American Nazi Party members American prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government Criminals from Alabama Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragons People from Athens, Alabama Populist Party (United States, 1984) politicians United States–Caribbean relations University of Alabama alumni Alabama Independents Florida Independents Antisemitism in the United States Discrimination against LGBT people in the United States Alt-right politicians