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60 years ago this summer, Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood before the doors of the University of Alabama to prevent two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from entering.
Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace stands at the schoolhouse door, confronting National Guard Brig. Gen. Henry Graham at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on June 11, 1963, in a symbolic effort ...
MONTGOMERY (AP) — A grandson of former Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, George Corley Wallace IV, has been found dead at his home in Pensacola, Fla. He was 25.
The segregationist Alabama governor George Wallace held a rally at Madison Square Garden in 1968. It sounded a lot like former President Donald Trump’s.
FILE – Clouds of tear gas fill the air as state troopers, ordered by Gov. George Wallace, break up a demonstration march in Selma, Ala., March 7, 1965, on what became known as “Bloody Sunday ...
Asa Carter Determined to "outnigger" the opposition in his 1962 bid for governor, George Wallace turned to the politics of race with a new fiery speechwriter, Asa Carter.
George Wallace was a staunch segregationist who served four terms as governor of Alabama. He was also the last governor to have the National Guard deployed against his wishes, until President ...
George Wallace ran as a moderate in the 1958 governor's race and lost. But a change in strategy brought him victory over "Big Jim" Folsom in 1962.
Known nationally for his opposition to desegregation and federal civil rights mandates, Wallace used Wisconsin as a political ...