When It Happened Here: Michigan and the Transnational Development of American Fascism, 1920-1945

10/09/2020 53 min
When It Happened Here: Michigan and the Transnational Development of American Fascism, 1920-1945

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Salaina Catalano Crumb explains how American fascism developed and thrived in Michigan from the 1920s through the 1940s due to the influence of right-wing individuals and organizations swayed by the politics of Nazi Germany, including industrialist Henry Ford, anti-communist clergy members Father Coughlin and Reverend Gerald L.K. Smith, militant secret societies like the Black Legion, … Continue reading When It Happened Here: Michigan and the Transnational Development of American Fascism, 1920-1945

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