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Everything George Wallace had feared, and every reason Wallace wanted to run alone played out in front of him. Everything he had worked for and felt within his grasp suddenly dissolved, like a handful of sand in an ocean wave.
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.
Oct 25, 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. While running for president in 1972, Wallace was permanently paralyzed below the waist in an assassination attempt.
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George Wallace's political career included four bids for the presidency of the United States. In 1964, 1972, and 1976 he ran as a Democrat, failing three times to receive the...
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May 12, 2022 · In 1989, Wallace decided to run for governor again. He promised Black voters more jobs and more equality—and he ended up winning the race with 90 percent of the African American vote.
- Diane Bernard
Aug 21, 2018 · Fifty years ago, George Wallace - the Alabama governor whose segregationist policies shaped the state throughout the 60s and 70s - made a historic run for president. Here' a look back at one...
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George C. Wallace was a powerful loser. Running as an independent, Wallace came in a distant third in the 1968 presidential election. But it was still much closer than expected. Wallace was scorned and repudiated by many mainstream voters, but he appealed to a critical wedge of the electorate.
