Kier McElroy hit an Asian man with a banner in a shop doorway in Chapel Street, Luton, on 24 May last year.
Jurors at Luton Crown Court found McElroy guilty of racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm on student Venkateswara Muppalla.
He had earlier admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
However, he denied he was racist.
He also pleaded guilty to a second charge of affray, which resulted from his actions that day when he said he was drunk.
The assaulted Asian man was cornered by a group of people marching in protest over an earlier demonstration by a group of Muslims at a parade by the Royal Anglian Regiment in Luton.
BBC News
The Times newspaper wrote a great item about this event in 2009. Inluding EDL's Paul Ray's involvment.
The item can be found Here
