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  1. Unit. United States Army Air Forces. Battles/wars. World War II. George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) [1] 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. [2] [3] [4] During Wallace's tenure as ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. 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. Updated: Sep 15, 2022

  5. May 12, 2022 · Fifty years ago, a fame-seeker shot the polarizing politician five times, paralyzing him from the waist down. After his shooting, a hospitalized Wallace holds up a newspaper touting his victories...

  6. 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.

  7. 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,...

  8. Sep 14, 1998 · Former Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama, who built his political career on segregation and spent a tormented retirement arguing that he was not a racist in his heart, died last night in ...

  9. Jul 21, 2010 · On January 14, 1963, George Wallace is inaugurated as the governor of Alabama, promising his followers, “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!”

  10. Apr 23, 2000 · GEORGE WALLACE: The unwelcomed, unwanted, unwarranted, and force-induced intrusion upon the campus of the University of Alabama today of the might of the central government, offers frightful ...

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