Gerald L. K. Smith

Download or read book Gerald L. K. Smith written by Glen Jeansonne and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first full-length biography of evangelist Gerald L. K. Smith (1898--1976), Glen Jeansonne traces the tempestuous career of this notorious bigot. A spellbinding speaker and brilliant organizer, Smith founded the reactionary hate sheet The Cross and the Flag as well as the anti-Semitic Christian Nationalist Crusade and ran for president three times.Exhaustively researched, this study contains information from Smith's FBI dossier, his personal papers, and Smith himself. Also included are compelling arguments concerning the causes of anti-Semitism in America, the role of demagogues, and the mentality of their loyal supporters.