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  1. "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

    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/je
    #HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon

  2. "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

    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/je
    #HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon

  3. "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

    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/je
    #HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon

  4. "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

    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/je
    #HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon

  5. "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

    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/je
    #HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon

  6. "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

    youtu.be/GM7fb_nVqCg

    #TheKingfish #Louisiana #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #USpol #books

    #LettersAndPolitics

    #Kingfish / #RandyNewman
    youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt

  7. "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

    youtu.be/GM7fb_nVqCg

    #TheKingfish #Louisiana #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #USpol #books

    #LettersAndPolitics

    #Kingfish / #RandyNewman
    youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt

  8. "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

    youtu.be/GM7fb_nVqCg

    #TheKingfish #Louisiana #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #USpol #books

    #LettersAndPolitics

    #Kingfish / #RandyNewman
    youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt

  9. "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

    youtu.be/GM7fb_nVqCg

    #TheKingfish #Louisiana #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #USpol #books

    #LettersAndPolitics

    #Kingfish / #RandyNewman
    youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt

  10. "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

    youtu.be/GM7fb_nVqCg

    #TheKingfish #Louisiana #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #USpol #books

    #LettersAndPolitics

    #Kingfish / #RandyNewman
    youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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