#hueyplong — Public Fediverse posts
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"Long was influential in getting Roosevelt the presidential nomination in 1932, but when Roosevelt strayed from his promises to the ‘forgotten man’, he raised hell. [...] Though he was frequently reminded that it was not a junior senator’s place to rock the boat, he paid no attention."
Jefferson Cowie reviews #ThomasEPatterson's #AmericanPopulist: #HueyLong of #Louisiana
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/jefferson-cowie/that-damn-smooth-stuff
#HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon -
"Long was influential in getting Roosevelt the presidential nomination in 1932, but when Roosevelt strayed from his promises to the ‘forgotten man’, he raised hell. [...] Though he was frequently reminded that it was not a junior senator’s place to rock the boat, he paid no attention."
Jefferson Cowie reviews #ThomasEPatterson's #AmericanPopulist: #HueyLong of #Louisiana
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/jefferson-cowie/that-damn-smooth-stuff
#HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon -
"Long was influential in getting Roosevelt the presidential nomination in 1932, but when Roosevelt strayed from his promises to the ‘forgotten man’, he raised hell. [...] Though he was frequently reminded that it was not a junior senator’s place to rock the boat, he paid no attention."
Jefferson Cowie reviews #ThomasEPatterson's #AmericanPopulist: #HueyLong of #Louisiana
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/jefferson-cowie/that-damn-smooth-stuff
#HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon -
"Long was influential in getting Roosevelt the presidential nomination in 1932, but when Roosevelt strayed from his promises to the ‘forgotten man’, he raised hell. [...] Though he was frequently reminded that it was not a junior senator’s place to rock the boat, he paid no attention."
Jefferson Cowie reviews #ThomasEPatterson's #AmericanPopulist: #HueyLong of #Louisiana
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/jefferson-cowie/that-damn-smooth-stuff
#HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon -
"Long was influential in getting Roosevelt the presidential nomination in 1932, but when Roosevelt strayed from his promises to the ‘forgotten man’, he raised hell. [...] Though he was frequently reminded that it was not a junior senator’s place to rock the boat, he paid no attention."
Jefferson Cowie reviews #ThomasEPatterson's #AmericanPopulist: #HueyLong of #Louisiana
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/jefferson-cowie/that-damn-smooth-stuff
#HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon -
"Huey comes to power running against the big corporations. He comes to power working to smash Standard Oil [..] They try to impeach him, they almost do impeach him in his first year as Governor..."
The Life and Times of #HueyPLong
with #RobertMann, author of #KingfishU: #HueyLong and #LSU
#TheKingfish #Louisiana #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #USpol #books
#Kingfish / #RandyNewman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt8 -
"Huey comes to power running against the big corporations. He comes to power working to smash Standard Oil [..] They try to impeach him, they almost do impeach him in his first year as Governor..."
The Life and Times of #HueyPLong
with #RobertMann, author of #KingfishU: #HueyLong and #LSU
#TheKingfish #Louisiana #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #USpol #books
#Kingfish / #RandyNewman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt8 -
"Huey comes to power running against the big corporations. He comes to power working to smash Standard Oil [..] They try to impeach him, they almost do impeach him in his first year as Governor..."
The Life and Times of #HueyPLong
with #RobertMann, author of #KingfishU: #HueyLong and #LSU
#TheKingfish #Louisiana #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #USpol #books
#Kingfish / #RandyNewman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt8 -
"Huey comes to power running against the big corporations. He comes to power working to smash Standard Oil [..] They try to impeach him, they almost do impeach him in his first year as Governor..."
The Life and Times of #HueyPLong
with #RobertMann, author of #KingfishU: #HueyLong and #LSU
#TheKingfish #Louisiana #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #USpol #books
#Kingfish / #RandyNewman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt8 -
"Huey comes to power running against the big corporations. He comes to power working to smash Standard Oil [..] They try to impeach him, they almost do impeach him in his first year as Governor..."
The Life and Times of #HueyPLong
with #RobertMann, author of #KingfishU: #HueyLong and #LSU
#TheKingfish #Louisiana #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #USpol #books
#Kingfish / #RandyNewman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt8 -
I’m not sure how many people know this but in the extremely racist program #AmosAndAndy the character “Kingfish” was loosely based on #HueyPLong a politician that many Black men, including my grandfather was named after. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth
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I’m not sure how many people know this but in the extremely racist program #AmosAndAndy the character “Kingfish” was loosely based on #HueyPLong a politician that many Black men, including my grandfather was named after. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth
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I’m not sure how many people know this but in the extremely racist program #AmosAndAndy the character “Kingfish” was loosely based on #HueyPLong a politician that many Black men, including my grandfather was named after. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth
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I’m not sure how many people know this but in the extremely racist program #AmosAndAndy the character “Kingfish” was loosely based on #HueyPLong a politician that many Black men, including my grandfather was named after. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth
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I’m not sure how many people know this but in the extremely racist program #AmosAndAndy the character “Kingfish” was loosely based on #HueyPLong a politician that many Black men, including my grandfather was named after. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth