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George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician and judge who served as the 45th governor of Alabama for four terms.
May 7, 2024 · George Wallace (born August 25, 1919, Clio, Alabama, U.S.—died September 13, 1998, Montgomery, Alabama) was an American Democratic politician who was a four-time governor of Alabama (1963–67, 1971–79, and 1983–87) and who led the South’s fight against federally ordered racial integration in the 1960s. A farmer’s son, Wallace worked ...
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George Wallace 1968 presidential campaign. 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.
May 12, 2022 · Learn how the former Alabama governor and presidential candidate George Wallace became a polarizing figure in the civil rights era, and how he changed after a failed assassination attempt in 1972. Explore his legacy, his apologies, and his critics.
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Apr 2, 2014 · George Corley Wallace Jr. was born on August 25, 1919, in Clio, Alabama. His father, George Corley Sr., was a farmer. His mother, Mozelle Smith Wallace, had been abandoned by her mother and raised ...
George Corley Wallace (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician. He served as Governor of Alabama from 1963 to 1967. He ran for President of the United States three times ( 1964, 1968, 1976 ). Wallace was born in Clio, Alabama. He began his long political career at the age of 33 after running for county judge.
May 19, 2022 · Applause rose over the jeers of protesters. It was the spring of 1972, and George Corley Wallace — the infamously segregationist governor of Alabama, now an upstart contender for the Democratic ...
