Opposition to Father Coughlin Grows
Opposition to Father Coughlin Grows | Radioactive
Rabbi Stephen Wise, the Budapest-born, enormously influential president of the American Jewish Congress, made a radio broadcast on January 6th, 1935.
The Father Coughlin Story | Exploring Hate - PBS
Known as “the radio priest,” he was the first mass media demagogue. Foreshadowing today's social media reach and influence, Father Charles ...
Opposition to Father Coughlin Grows | Radioactive
Learn about growing efforts to confront Father Charles Coughlin's increasingly hateful and violent rhetoric in the mid-to-late 1930s with these clips from ...
Charles Coughlin | Americans and the Holocaust
Reverend Charles E. Coughlin (1891–1979) was a Canadian-born Roman Catholic priest and radio celebrity based in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, Michigan.
Facing Political Defeat, Father Coughlin Begins to Incite Violence
The radio priest drops all pretense at diplomacy, getting himself kicked off major radio stations in the process.
Radioactive: The Father Coughlin Story | PBS LearningMedia
This eight-part podcast, hosted by Detroit journalist Andrew Lapin, weaves together archival materials and present-day interviews to tell the story of Father ...
Charles E. Coughlin | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Charles Coughlin, Catholic priest and populist leader, promoted antisemitic and pro-fascist views. In the 1930s, he was one of the most ...
The 1938–39 deplatforming of Father Coughlin. - Slate Magazine
The story of the anti-Semitic radio priest offers an intriguing analog-age precedent to the digital-age debates over the limits of free expression.
Charles Edward Coughlin commonly known as Father Coughlin, was a Canadian-American Catholic priest based in the United States near Detroit.
Father Coughlin Doubles Down on Antisemitic Demagoguery
Learn about Father Charles Coughlin's split with President Roosevelt and his increasing embrace of antisemitic conspiracy theories in his attacks on the ...
The Politician and the Traitor | Bentley Historical Library
Father Charles Coughlin was a Catholic priest and popular radio host who counted politicians, and even President Franklin D. Roosevelt, among his many friends.
When Radio Stations Stopped a Public Figure From Spreading ...
When radio was king, many outlets chose to cease broadcasting Father Charles Coughlin's anti-Semitic sermons.
An Historical Exploration of Father Charles E. Coughlins Influence
Fr. Charles Edward Coughlin reached a broad ecumenical audience during the 1930s. By the height of his popularity in 1932, Coughlin reached a potential ...
Competing Americas: Letters to the FCC on Father Charles Coughlin
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Roosevelt's Critics - Digital History
Three figures stepped forward to challenge Roosevelt: Huey Long, a Louisiana senator; Father Charles Coughlin, a Catholic priest from Detroit; and Francis ...
Coughlin and the 1936 Presidential and Senate Elections” Historical Journal of Massachusetts Volume. 43, No. 2 (Summer 2015). Published by: Institute for ...
Father Coughlin - Social Security History
Father Coughlin was an early and passionate supporter of President Roosevelt, since he viewed FDR as a radical social reformer like himself.
Father Charles Coughlin | Biography & New Deal Opposition
Father Charles Coughlin was perhaps the most successful radio broadcaster in the 1930s, reaching an audience of tens of millions of people from his base in ...
49f. Roosevelt's Critics - USHistory.org
Conservatives claimed his policies were socialism in disguise, and that an interfering activist government was destroying a proud history of self-reliance.
Father Coughlin Finds Scapegoats for the Great Depression
Just how traumatizing was the Great Depression? Soon after the massive stock market crash of 1929, one third of all American banks collapsed.