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World War II. George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) [2] was an American politician and judge who served as the 45th governor of Alabama for four terms. He is remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. [3] [4] [5] During Wallace's tenure as governor of Alabama, he promoted "industrial development ...
May 7, 2024 · George Wallace, American Democratic politician who served as governor of Alabama (1963–67, 1971–79, 1983–87) and who led the South’s fight against federally ordered racial integration in the 1960s.
May 12, 2022 · On May 15, 1972, the man Martin Luther King Jr. once called the “most dangerous racist in America” stepped up to the podium at a suburban Washington, D.C. shopping center. The governor of ...
Former Governor of Alabama George Wallace ran in the 1968 United States presidential election as the candidate for the American Independent Party against Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. Wallace's pro- segregation policies during his term as Governor of Alabama were rejected by most.
Apr 2, 2014 · George C. Wallace was a four-time governor of Alabama and three-time presidential hopeful. He is best remembered for his 1960s segregationist politics.
Sep 13, 2019 · George Wallace's Life. Wallace is elected judge in the Third Judicial Circuit Court in 1953 and held this position through 1959. August 25: George Corley Wallace is born in Clio,...
May 19, 2022 · Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace predicted he would win the Florida primary in 1972. He did. Both Wallace and Trump lamented what they described as America’s vilification of the police.
