The Great Depression had a way of raising the public profile of some real characters. This included power-hungry and corrupt politicians and religious figures. The most notorious religious figure of the time was Father Charles Coughlin, a radio preacher who became an anti-Semitic demagogue whose radio program had millions of listeners. However, his publ…
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