William Jennings Bryan: “Cross of Gold” Speech

( 1896 ) Commentary by Lewis L. Gould, University of Texas at Austin

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A cartoon from 1896 portraying William Jennings Bryan as an anarchist threat to religion (Library of Congress)

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