Joshua Abraham Norton (First American Emperor, Emperor Norton)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Importance of Silence in an Anti-Chinese Rally
In 1878, the Emperor personally confronted an anti-Chinese rabble rouser in San Francisco. The man's name was Dennis Kearney and he led a labor organization with anti-Chinese views. There were no windows broken in San Francisco's Chinatown that night. It shows that the Emperor Norton cared for everyone, regardless of what color they were.
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Transcript
Joshua Abraham Norton had an amazing life and was a titan among men. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the story of Norton's life in the 1800s, with his rise from humble circumstances to wealth and power to humility and back again, and learn what made him so amazing.
