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The Good Citizen
US anti-Catholic political periodical (1913–1933) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Good Citizen was a sixteen-page monthly political periodical edited by Bishop Alma White and illustrated by Reverend Branford Clarke.[1] The Good Citizen was published from 1913 until 1933 by the Pillar of Fire Church at their headquarters in Zarephath, New Jersey in the United States. White used the publication to expose "political Romanism in its efforts to gain the ascendancy in the U.S."[1][2]
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Editor | Bishop Alma White |
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Staff writers | Alma White, Arthur Kent White, Ray Bridwell White, Charles William Bridwell (1872-1952), Albert L. Wolfram (1877-1962), L. S. Noblitt, Minnie Noblitt |
Categories | Religious, Political |
Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | Pillar of Fire Church |
First issue | 1913 |
Final issue | 1933 |
Country | United States |
Based in | Zarephath, New Jersey |
Language | English |
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In 1915, the publication's anti-Catholic rhetoric aroused the local population in Plainfield, New Jersey and a mob formed to threaten the Pillar of Fire Church.[3] By 1921, the publication was a strong supporter of the Ku Klux Klan.[4][5]