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Part One: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious Right

Behind the Bastards

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Jerry Falwell - The Most Disturbing of the Pranks

From the beginning, Jerry Falwell took after his father with ambition and reckless energy. His skill as a prankster also took a darker turn when he was in high school. He performed a gang called the Wall Gang based on the fact that they would meet at a wall to hang out. In 1948, when Jerry was 15, his father died of liver failure.

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