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'''Huey Pierce Long Jr.''' nicknamed "'''the Kingfish'''," was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 until his assassination in 1935. He was a [[Populism|populist]] member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and rose to prominence during the [[Great Depression]] for his criticism of FDR's New Deal policies which he saw as insufficiently radical. | '''Huey Pierce Long Jr.''' nicknamed "'''the Kingfish'''," was an [[United States of America|American]] politician who served as the 40th [[governor of Louisiana]] from 1928 to 1932 until his [[Assassination of Huey Long|assassination]] in 1935. He was a [[Populism|populist]] member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and rose to prominence during the [[Great Depression]] for his criticism of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|FDR]]'s [[New Deal]] policies which he saw as insufficiently radical. | ||
The bourgeois press and historians have attacked his legacy for his defense of the common man against the capitalist order, so much so that accusations of "fascism" have been waged against him. These accusations are easily debunked when considering his positive relationship with the Black community, so much so that [[Huey P. Newton]] of the [[Black Panther Party]] was named after Huey Long.<ref>{{News citation|date=2019-01-28|title=Biography of Huey Newton, Co-Founder of the Black Panthers|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/huey-newton-biography-4579802}}</ref> | The [[Bourgeois media|bourgeois press]] and historians have attacked his legacy for his defense of the common man against the [[Capitalism|capitalist]] order, so much so that accusations of "[[fascism]]" have been waged against him. These accusations are easily debunked when considering his positive relationship with the Black community, so much so that [[Huey P. Newton]] of the [[Black Panther Party]] was named after Huey Long.<ref>{{News citation|date=2019-01-28|title=Biography of Huey Newton, Co-Founder of the Black Panthers|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/huey-newton-biography-4579802}}</ref> His positive relations to the Black community included his night literary classes that taught uneducated Black people how to read.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMUx4AQl5tI Huey Long: The Dictator of Louisiana]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 16:56, 7 July 2022
Huey Pierce Long Jr. nicknamed "the Kingfish," was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 until his assassination in 1935. He was a populist member of the Democratic Party and rose to prominence during the Great Depression for his criticism of FDR's New Deal policies which he saw as insufficiently radical.
The bourgeois press and historians have attacked his legacy for his defense of the common man against the capitalist order, so much so that accusations of "fascism" have been waged against him. These accusations are easily debunked when considering his positive relationship with the Black community, so much so that Huey P. Newton of the Black Panther Party was named after Huey Long.[1] His positive relations to the Black community included his night literary classes that taught uneducated Black people how to read.[2]