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| − | '''George Wallace''' (1919 - 1998) was a pro-[[segregation]]ist | + | '''George Wallace''' (1919 - 1998) was a pro-[[segregation]]ist governor of [[Alabama]]. He ran unsuccessfully for president four times, three times seeking the Democratic party nomination, (1964, 1972, 1976), and once running as an independent (1968). He carried blue collar white southerners and rural white southerners in 1968. |
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| + | ==Later life== | ||
| + | An [[assassination]] attempt in 1972 left him partially disabled. In the late 1970s Wallace became a born-again Christian, renouncing his segregationist policies and apologizing for his past. After his change, he became popular within the [[African American]] community, a position of closeness that he would retain until his death. | ||
| + | [[Image:Wallace68.jpg|thumb|240px|''Time'' Oct 18, 1968; Air Force General Curtis LeMay was Wallace's VP nominee]]]] | ||
| + | ==Further reading== | ||
| + | * Lesher, Stephan. ''George Wallace: American Populist.'' (1994). 587 pp. | ||
| + | * ''Time.'' "Wallace's Army: The Coalition Of Frustration," [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,902424,00.html ''Time'' Oct 18, 1968] | ||
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[[Category:Alabama Governors]] | [[Category:Alabama Governors]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:The South]] | ||
Revision as of 10:31, February 1, 2009
George Wallace (1919 - 1998) was a pro-segregationist governor of Alabama. He ran unsuccessfully for president four times, three times seeking the Democratic party nomination, (1964, 1972, 1976), and once running as an independent (1968). He carried blue collar white southerners and rural white southerners in 1968.
Later life
An assassination attempt in 1972 left him partially disabled. In the late 1970s Wallace became a born-again Christian, renouncing his segregationist policies and apologizing for his past. After his change, he became popular within the African American community, a position of closeness that he would retain until his death.
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Further reading
- Lesher, Stephan. George Wallace: American Populist. (1994). 587 pp.
- Time. "Wallace's Army: The Coalition Of Frustration," Time Oct 18, 1968