The Truth At Last was a “White activist newspaper[1]” published by Dr. Edward Fields from 1988-2008. The Truth At Last was preceded by a similar newspaper called The Thunderbolt from 1958-1988. The Thunderbolt, edited by Fields began as the official publication of the National States’ Rights Party. The first national chairman of the party, J.B. Stoner was convicted in 1980 of the 1958 bombing of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.[2] Fields became the ideological center of the National States’ Rights Party and in the 1990s founded the America First Party, which is not to be confused with the America First Party founded in 2002. Both groups could be categorized as white supremacist, segregationist, anti-communist and anti-semitic. [3] There are ~200 issues of The Thunderbolt/The Truth At Last in the Hall-Hoag Collection Part II.

The Truth At Last (1989)

We recently found 20 large political posters that seem to have been used by the Boston Area American Veterans Committee. The poster in this post specifically mentions Gordon Hall. It also highlights Gordon Hall’s unique position in the extremist landscape in that he was vilified by both the right wing and left wing organizations. Many right wing organizations considered him a communist and many left wing groups considered him fascist.