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‘He was certainly a racist’: J Edgar Hoover and a history of white nationalism
Published in The Guardian An elegantly written book Photograph: Corbis/Getty Images Martin now delivers a fresh perspective. In an elegantly written book, The Gospel of J Edgar Hoover : How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism, he makes a persuasive case that Hoover was a white Christian nationalist and convenient ally for evangelicals, embedding race and religion in the foundations of the national security state – and allowing white supremacy to
Mar 21, 20231 min read
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