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Newspaper photograph of a handcuffed Francis Yockey being led into court, June 1960

Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

From the Archives: Season Two, Episode Eight

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Portrait of H.L Hunt

H.L. Hunt

American businessman and billionaire oil tycoon Haroldson Lafayette Hunt, who created a right-wing media empire that supported Sen. Joseph McCarthy
— Bettmann Archive
Texas billionaire H.L. Hunt demonstrates his \"creeping\" exercise method, in which he would get down on all fours on the ground and crawl

Hunt Creeps

Texas billionaire H.L. Hunt demonstrates his “creeping” exercise method, in which he would get down on all fours on the ground and crawl

— Associated Press
\"We Like Ike\"

‘We Like Ike’

Pro-Eisenhower Republican delegates on the floor of San Francisco's Cow Palace at the 1956 Republican National Convention, August 1956
— Bettmann Archive
Newspaper article on a \"Dump Eisenhower\" movement launched by Sen. Joseph McCarthy supporters at the 1956 Republican convention, August 22, 1956

‘Dump Eisenhower’

Newspaper article on a “Dump Eisenhower” movement launched by Sen. Joseph McCarthy supporters at the 1956 Republican convention, August 22, 1956

— Tucson Citizen
Carto \"Leads\" Mccarthy Drive

Carto ‘Leads’ McCarthy Drive

Newspaper article on San Francisco-based right-wing political activist Willis Carto leading a movement to oust Eisenhower from the 1956 GOP ticket, August 23, 1956
— The Independent
\"Illness Is Fatal\"

‘Illness Is Fatal’

Front page of the Green Bay Press-Gazette newspaper, which notes the sudden death of Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy, May 3, 1957
— Green Bay Press-Gazette
Photo of Amon Carter Field in Forth Worth, TX where an American Airlines ticket clerk discovered a stray luggage belonging to Francis Parker Yockey

Amon Carter Field

Photo of Amon Carter Field in Forth Worth, TX where an American Airlines ticket clerk discovered a stray luggage belonging to Francis Parker Yockey
— Fort Worth Star-Telegram archives/UT Arlington Special Collections
FBI record from June 1960 detailing a stray bag found at Amon Carter Field in Fort Worth, Texas. The bag would eventually lead FBI agents to American fascist Francis Parker Yockey

‘Richard Hatch’

FBI record from June 1960 detailing a stray bag found at Amon Carter Field in Fort Worth, Texas. The bag would eventually lead FBI agents to American fascist Francis Parker Yockey
— Federal Bureau of Investigations
\"Stray Luggage\"

‘Stray Luggage’

Fort Worth Star Telegram article on American Airlines ticket clerk Wayne Kemp who discovered the stray luggage that led to Francis Yockey's capture and arrest, June 10, 1960
— Fort Worth Star Telegram
FBI memo detailing the capture and arrest of Francis Parker Yockey in Oakland, California, June 1960

‘Refusing to talk’

FBI memo detailing the capture and arrest of Francis Parker Yockey in Oakland, California, June 1960
— Federal Bureau of Investigations
Yockey Capture

Yockey Capture

The apartment building in Oakland, CA where Francis Parker Yockey was arrested by FBI special agents
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FBI record detailing the questioning of Francis Yockey (aka \"Richard Hatch\") inside an Oakland, CA apartment, including Yockey's attempt to flee and escape arrest

‘Ran After Him’

FBI record detailing the questioning of Francis Yockey (aka “Richard Hatch”) inside an Oakland, CA apartment, including Yockey's attempt to flee and escape arrest

— Federal Bureau of Investigations
Francis Parker Yockey

Francis Parker Yockey

FBI record containing a mug shot of Francis Yockey and his identifying physical information
— Federal Bureau of Investigations
While being questioned by FBI special agents inside this Oakland apartment, Francis Yockey attempted to escape through this rear kitchen door (pictured on the left)

While being questioned by FBI special agents inside this Oakland apartment, Francis Yockey attempted to escape through this rear kitchen door (pictured on the left)

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\"Mystery Man\"

‘Mystery Man’

Front page of the Oakland Tribune newspaper, featuring the arrest of “Mystery Man” Francis Yockey, June 9, 1960

— Oakland Tribune
Handcuffed

Handcuffed

Newspaper photograph of a handcuffed Francis Yockey being led into court, June 1960

— San Francisco Examiner
Heavily redacted FBI memo on Francis Yockey, indicating that the U.S. government maintained \"a 'super-secret' file regarding Yockey, which was 'dynamite.'\"

‘Super-secret’

Heavily redacted FBI memo on Francis Yockey, indicating that the U.S. government maintained “a ‘super-secret’ file regarding Yockey, which was ‘dynamite.’”

— Federal Bureau of Investigations
\"Passport Suspect Kills Self\"

‘Passport Suspect Kills Self’

Front page of the Oakland Tribune newspaper, detailing Francis Parker Yockey's jail cell suicide, June 17, 1960
— Oakland Tribune
\"Poison Story\"

‘Poison Story’

San Francisco newspaper coverage of local authorities attempting to determine how Francis Yockey got ahold of cyanide inside jail, June 21, 1960
— San Francisco Examiner
\"Genius\"

‘Genius’

Far-right activist Willis Carto, one of the last men to see Francis Yockey alive, details his jail-house meeting with Yockey in a letter to fellow “nationalists”, June 1960

— Harold Keith Thompson Collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
\"ADL Closes Its File on Yockey\"

‘ADL Closes Its File on Yockey’

Copy of Willis Carto's “Right” newsletter, which claimed Francis Yockey had been “driven to suicide” by those who had “persecuted” him including the Anti-Defamation League

— Harold Keith Thompson Collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Imperium

Imperium

Willis Carto's publishing company began reprinting and selling copies of Francis Yockey's pro-fascist book “Imperium”

— Harold Keith Thompson Collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
\"Ulick Varange\"

‘Ulick Varange’

Willis Carto and his publishing company set out to keep Francis Yockey's legacy alive in the decades after Yockey's suicide
— Harold Keith Thompson Collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Pat Nixon, Richard Nixon

‘Hard Fought’

Vice President Richard Nixon addresses a raucous crowd of supporters on election night, November 1960, acknowledging his likely defeat in a “hard fought” race against Sen. John F. Kennedy

— Associated Press
Weeks after the 1960 presidential election, Willis Carto's Liberty Lobby newsletter claims that Kennedy had \"not won\" and that a right-wing mobilization could prevent his inauguration

‘Kennedy Has Not Won’

Weeks after the 1960 presidential election, Willis Carto's Liberty Lobby newsletter claims that “Kennedy has not won” and that a right-wing mobilization could prevent his inauguration

— Liberty Lobby
Willis Carto's Liberty Lobby organization grew into one of the most powerful forces on the American far right

Willis Carto

Willis Carto's Liberty Lobby organization grew into one of the most powerful forces on the American far right
— The Washington Post
The white supremacist convicted in the 1998 Texas dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. quotes Francis Yockey after receiving the death sentence, February 1999

Killer Quotes Yockey

The white supremacist convicted in the 1998 Texas dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. quotes Francis Yockey after receiving the death sentence, February 1999
— The Los Angeles Times
\"Crommelin for Alabama\"

‘Crommelin for Alabama’

Willis Carto's “Right” newsletter promotes the 1958 Alabama gubernatorial candidacy of retired Adm. John G. Crommelin, one of Sen. Joseph's McCarthy's most vocal supporters

— Harold Keith Thompson Collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Columnist Drew Pearson, who exposed Sen. Joseph McCarthy for years, died in 1969. His funeral was held at Washington National Cathedral

Drew Pearson

Columnist Drew Pearson, who exposed Sen. Joseph McCarthy for years, died in 1969. His funeral was held at Washington National Cathedral
— The Capital Times
'The Cobalt-60 Incident'

‘The Cobalt-60 Incident’

Report from the Australian government in 1985 detailing British nuclear tests conducted in Australia, including a 1957 UK test of a nuclear bomb containing cobalt

— Australian Government Publishing Service
April 1954 issue of \"The Progressive\" magazine featuring an expose on Sen. Joseph McCarthy, it became the highest-selling issue of the magazine ever

Democracy Over McCarthyism

April 1954 issue of “The Progressive” magazine featuring an expose on Sen. Joseph McCarthy, it became the highest-selling issue of the magazine ever

— The Progressive
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