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Media’s Little White Lie: There’s No Such Thing As an ‘Evangelical Christian’

How evangelical Christianity became part of the biggest myth in American media.

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Michael Harriot
Sep 29, 2026
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On July 30, 1967, an organized mob of conservative Christians gathered in Charleston, S.C., to hear from one of the most racially divisive religious activists in American history.

Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd, the controversial leader explained that racial disparities were caused by the community’s lack of family values, education…

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