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Rise of Conservatism in the 1980s
A 1981 letter from Jerry Falwell fundraising for the “Old Time Gospel Hour.”

A 1981 letter from Jerry Falwell fundraising for the “Old Time Gospel Hour.”

Citation Information
Falwell, Jerry, “Letter from Jerry Falwell on keeping Old Time Gospel Hour on air,” 1981, Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/0f99ed3633002f93ba8bee051d9a142a.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of UNT Archives via The Portal to Texas History.

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Item 4 of 11 in the Primary Source Set Rise of Conservatism in the 1980s

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A 1981 letter from Jerry Falwell fundraising for the “Old Time Gospel Hour.”
A poster criticizing the Reagan administration’s policies on HIV and AIDS.
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An excerpt from the 1986 testimony of a former employee of a crack house in Washington, DC.
An excerpt from a 1986 speech in which First Lady Nancy Reagan urges America to “just say no” to drugs.
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News coverage of plans for the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization strike in 1981.
A 1988 cartoon satirizing debt during the Reagan administration.

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