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How Trump's Campaign Echoes That Of Segregationist George Wallace

Published August 5, 2019 at 11:20 AM CDT
Four-term Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace is shown in his office at the Capitol in Montgomery in this March 26, 1984 file photo. (AP File Photo)
Four-term Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace is shown in his office at the Capitol in Montgomery in this March 26, 1984 file photo. (AP File Photo)

University of Texas historian Peniel Joseph (@PenielJoseph) joins Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to compare and contrast the race-fueled presidential campaign strategies of President Trump and Civil Rights era segregationist George Wallace.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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