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November 15, 2024 53 mins

When the charismatic ministry of Asa Donague swept into the little prairie community of Homer, Kansas in late 1923, no one could have foretold what would follow.

 ***Content Warning: Contains frank depictions of antisemitism, racism, and anti-Catholicism, as well as disturbing and violent imagery. Listener discretion advised.***

 “Old-Time Religion”, performed by the Criterion Quartet, arranged by Charles Davis Tillman, recorded 1920. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-35596/>, and included under fair use.

Cover image provided courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-USW3-033945-D (b&w film neg.)

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