Charles Coughlin
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Charles Edward Coughlin, commonly known as Father Coughlin, was a Canadian-American Catholic priest based near Detroit. He was the founding priest of the National Shrine of the Little Flower. Dubbed "
Father Coughlin in 1933
Charity Crucifixion Tower in front of National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak, Michigan
President Roosevelt
Father Coughlin (right) and Senator Elmer Thomas on the cover of Time Magazine (1934)
Demagogue
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A demagogue, or rabble-rouser, is a political leader in a democracy who gains popularity by arousing the common people against elites, especially through oratory that whips up the passions of crowds,
Charles Coughlin
…priest based near Detroit. He was the founding priest of the National Shrine of the Little Flower. Dubbed "The Radio Priest " and considered a leading demagogue, he was one of the first political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience. During the 1930s, when the U.S. population was about 120 million, an…
José Clemente Orozco's painting The Demagogue, 1946
Adolf Hitler in 1927, rehearsing his oratorical gestures; photo by Heinrich Hoffmann, Bundesarchiv
Huey Long, governor of Louisiana
Senator Joseph McCarthy, an American demagogue