Gerald B. Winrod

Reverend Dr. Gerald B. Winrod (1900 - November 11, 1957) was an evangelist, author, and political activist from Wichita, Kansas. He formed the Defenders of the Christian Faith during the 1920s which opposed evolution and the teaching of the subject in public schools and supported Prohibition and segregation.

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1900 - November 11 - 1957 - Evangelist - Wichita, Kansas - Defenders of the Christian Faith - 1920s - Evolution - Prohibition - Segregation

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Winrod held far-right points of view, including anti-Semitism, earning him the nickname "The Jayhawk Nazi" (A Jayhawk is a nickname for a person from Kansas). Winrod believed America to be the chosen land of God and, when the Great Depression struck, publicly stated that it was the work of Satan. He believed Franklin D. Roosevelt was a "devil" and he spread these views through his newspaper, The Defender, which by 1934, achieved a 100,000 monthly circulation.

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Anti-Semitism - Jayhawk - Nazi - Kansas - America - Great Depression - Satan - Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1934

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Either Winrod or Huey Long served as the prototype of Berzelius (Buzz) Windrip in Sinclair Lewis's anti-fascist novel It Can't Happen Here. During World War II Winrod was charged with sedition for his pro-Hitler stances.

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Huey Long - Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here - World War II - Sedition - Hitler

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