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151: The First Red Scare - Bombings, The Palmer Raids, Eugene Debs, and J. Edgar Hoover
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“Palmer, do not let this country see red.” This is the story of America’s First Red Scare. On June 2, 1919, Attorney General Mitchell Palmer is just going to bed when the first floor of his home is blown apart. It was a bomb, and part of a larger plot to attack several national leaders. It’s the work of anarchists.…
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