I'm for the poor man — all poor men, black and white, they all gotta have a chance. They gotta have a home, a job, and a decent education for their children. 'Every man a king' — that's my slogan.
— Huey P. Long, T. Harry Williams, Huey Long, p. 706
The Kingfish Huey Pierce Long Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 30, 1893 Winnfield, Louisiana, United States of America |
| Died | September 10, 1935 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Nationality | American |
| Political orientation | Longism Bonapartism (reportedly) Communism (allegedly) Fascism (allegedly) |
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]