53 Years ago-----
May 3, 1967: Concord High School bars the press from
covering Alabama Gov. George Wallace’s appearance at the school.
Referring to a recent incident in which he was prohibited from speaking
at Yale University, Wallace says: “I am glad they are barred – and not
me – this time.” After the CHS speech, Wallace heads for Dartmouth,
where screaming, jeering students force him from the speaker’s platform
and surround his car after he has left. They pound the car with their
fists for 10 minutes amid signs that read “Wallace is a racist.”
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