NPR: George Wallace https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127518003 George Wallace en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 23:54:15 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: George Wallace https://www.npr.org/tags/127518003/george-wallace George Wallace George Wallace has been doing stand-up for fifty years. Known for his evergreen humor, he's practically royalty in Las Vegas, where he's done so many residencies he's lost count. Wallace talks to <em>Bullseye</em> about his love of the 70s, welcoming everyone in the room as a performer, and the influence of preaching on his comedy style. Tue, 11 Mar 2025 03:00:59 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/1237470067/george-wallace https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/1237470067/george-wallace

George Wallace has been doing stand-up for fifty years. Known for his evergreen humor, he's practically royalty in Las Vegas, where he's done so many residencies he's lost count. Wallace talks to Bullseye about his love of the 70s, welcoming everyone in the room as a performer, and the influence of preaching on his comedy style.

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]]> Rev. Joseph Lowery, 'Dean' Of The Civil Rights Movement, Dies At 98 Lowery got his start as an activist organizing bus boycotts in 1950s Alabama. He led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for two decades and prayed at Barack Obama's first inauguration. Sat, 28 Mar 2020 06:45:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/517545662/hold-hold-hold-rev-joseph-lowery-dean-of-the-civil-rights-movement-dies-at-age https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/517545662/hold-hold-hold-rev-joseph-lowery-dean-of-the-civil-rights-movement-dies-at-age

Lowery got his start as an activist organizing bus boycotts in 1950s Alabama. He led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for two decades and prayed at Barack Obama's first inauguration.

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]]> Debbie Elliott Is Donald Trump A Modern-Day George Wallace? Fueled by voter anger at a changing America, 50 years ago a pugnacious governor from Alabama made waves and got a lot of votes. Today, Wallace allies and family see Trump walking a similar path. Fri, 22 Apr 2016 06:18:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2016/04/22/475172438/donald-trump-and-george-wallace-riding-the-rage https://www.npr.org/2016/04/22/475172438/donald-trump-and-george-wallace-riding-the-rage

Fueled by voter anger at a changing America, 50 years ago a pugnacious governor from Alabama made waves and got a lot of votes. Today, Wallace allies and family see Trump walking a similar path.

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]]> Debbie Elliott Journalists Struggle To Describe Trump's Racially Charged Rhetoric As more critics point to an undercurrent of bigotry in some of Donald Trump's statements, journalists grapple with how to characterize what he says — and what he means. Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:25:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2016/03/02/468937739/as-trump-ascends-journalists-struggle-to-characterize-his-rhetoric https://www.npr.org/2016/03/02/468937739/as-trump-ascends-journalists-struggle-to-characterize-his-rhetoric As more critics point to an undercurrent of bigotry in some of Donald Trump's statements, journalists grapple with how to characterize what he says — and what he means.

]]> David Folkenflik Nativism And Economic Anxiety Fuel Trump's Populist Appeal Many Americans don't see either political party as offering real solutions. So Trump — with his anger at immigrants, trade, Wall Street and Washington elites — is filling the void. Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:12:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/04/437443401/populist-movement-reflected-in-campaigns-of-sanders-and-trump https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/04/437443401/populist-movement-reflected-in-campaigns-of-sanders-and-trump

Many Americans don't see either political party as offering real solutions. So Trump — with his anger at immigrants, trade, Wall Street and Washington elites — is filling the void.

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]]> Mara Liasson Flashback Friday: On This Day In 1963, Wallace Yields/Blacks Enroll At Ala. On this day in 1963, Gov. George Wallace makes his famous "stand in the doorway" defiance against permitting the enrollment of two black students at the University of Alabama, only to give way. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:14:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2010/06/06/127517848/flashback-friday-on-this-day-in-1963-wallace-yields-blacks-enroll-at-ala https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2010/06/06/127517848/flashback-friday-on-this-day-in-1963-wallace-yields-blacks-enroll-at-ala

On this day in 1963, Gov. George Wallace makes his famous "stand in the doorway" defiance against permitting the enrollment of two black students at the University of Alabama, only to give way.

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