
Part One: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious Right
Behind the Bastards
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Jerry Falwell - The History of American Evangelicals
In 1971 Jerry Falwell started the Lynchburg Baptist College, later renamed Liberty University. The college was something of a loss leader for Falwell's burgeoning empire. It relied heavily on donations and endowments from major donors. But still it succeeded in providing religious higher education to whole generations of evangelical Christians.
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