America in '68: George Wallace, The First Donald Trump (TRIH ep 511, part 4)
1968 · Resource
This episode examines the life and political career of George Wallace, tracing his rise from impoverished beginnings in Alabama to become the emblematic segregationist governor and a consequential third‑party candidate in the 1968 presidential race.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1968
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- The Beatles (1960)