EPISODE · Mar 6, 2026 · 1 MIN
The Silver Shirts
from MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds · host Ampers
In 1938, William Pelley, leader of Nazi copycat group the Silver Legion of America, or Silver Shirts, made plans to speak in Minneapolis and, allegedly, to have his followers attack a local labor union headquarters.Image: Anti-Nazi meeting in St. Paul in 1938 [credit: Collection of Minnesota Historical Society]
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