Join Jewish Historical Society of Michigan's CEO Catherine Cangany, PhD for a look at the enduring popularity of the Dearborn Independent's hate speech.

_{Henry Ford and William J. Cameron, editor of The Dearborn Independent} 

2019 marked the centennial of Henry Ford’s popular Anti-Semitic newspaper, The Dearborn Independent. Despite the newspaper's international reach and considerable backing, the Jewish community ultimately prevailed against it, exerting back-channel, public, economic, and legal pressure to shut down the paper in 1927. Despite this victory, even in 2026, the Independent's articles are still published as The International Jew. This 4-volume set serves as inspiration to modern-day extremist groups and can still be found for sale today. 

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