Talk:Barry Goldwater

Date of birth

Is the claim that he was actually born on January 2nd verifiable? AleChoel (talk) 18:20, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

@AleChoel I was wondering the same thing because, in fact, there is no trace of the articles published in the Arizona Republic and Arizona Gazette that are supposed to prove he was born on January 2, 1909. I think more compelling evidence is needed to confidently state that he was born on January 2, 1909, rather than on January 1. 2A02:B021:8F00:1B37:5243:B6D7:7E85:F50F (talk) 13:16, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 January 2025

Goldwater’s public funeral service was held at Grady Gammage Auditorium on the campus of Arizona State University. The service was officiated by Episcopal and Hopi religious leaders. 47.221.26.26 (talk) 14:34, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 17:35, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Support for civil rights

Specifically the claim that Barry Goldwater was "A lifetime member of the NAACP, Goldwater helped found the group's Arizona chapter." This claim seems to be largely unsubstantiated and has no clear source.

I have found a newspaper from 1964 where G. Benjamin Brooks, president of the Maricopa County Branch of the NAACP, denied the claims that Goldwater was a member, stating, “The Maricopa County Branch of the NAACP has no record that the junior Senator from Arizona, Barry Goldwater, has ever been a member of the branch.” He did confirm, however, that the branch did have records that “Mr. Goldwater, along with many other business men in Phoenix, did make a contribution of $400…to desegregate the Phoenix Union High School District,” substantiating claims that Goldwater contributed to the desegregation of schools in the begging of his political career.

So I feel that there might be a need to further look into the claim that Goldwater was a member of the NAACP.

Source of the newspaper clipping: https://www.proquest.com/docview/564701203?parentSessionId=6VRwkTEdNVm70H3%2FPXnJ5UvV41tVQzLZapQpvqv6%2B8E%3D&accountid=14677&sourcetype=Historical%20Newspapers Henrikcg (talk) 21:12, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

I think Goldwater or his aides were telling reporters that he once had been a member. Here is Time magazine. August 2 1963. : "He was a member of the N.A.A.C.P. in the early 1950s, contributed $400 to the N.A.A.C.P. effort to get the Phoenix school system desegregated. He quit the N.A.A.C.P. several years ago, but he remains a member of the Urban League, which is also dedicated to the advancement of Negroes." see https://time.com/archive/6807933/nation-where-barry-stands/

Rjensen (talk) 21:25, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

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Name correction in Nixon paragraph

The sentence currently reads "Along with Jay Rhodes and Hugh Scott, he successfully urged president Richard Nixon to resign in 1974 when evidence of a cover-up in the Watergate scandal became overwhelming and impeachment was imminent." However the legislator was actually John Jacob Rhodes not Jay Rhodes. Atscott76 (talk) 15:50, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Good catch. Fixed. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 19:55, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

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