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  1. 2 days ago · World War II. 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. He is remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. [2] [3] [4] During Wallace's tenure as governor of Alabama, he promoted "industrial development, low ...

  2. Jul 17, 2024 · On May 15, 1972, Alabama Governor George C. Wallace, a notorious segregationist deemed “perhaps the most dangerous racist in America” by civil rights leader King, stopped in Laurel, Maryland ...

  3. 1 day ago · So, Wallace turned heads when he publicly apologized and pleaded for forgiveness for his segregationist past after a 1972 assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Maryland left him paralyzed.

  4. 5 days ago · Wallace won Alabama’s governorship again in 1970, but in 1972, while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, he was wounded and left permanently paralyzed below the waist in an assassination attempt on May 15, 1972, at Laurel, Maryland.

  5. Jul 16, 2024 · Arthur Bremer in 1972 paralyzed George Wallace in the last presidential campaign shooting before last week. It might not have happened — had he been successful in getting to Richard Nixon on a...

  6. Jul 15, 2024 · Wallace was shot and seriously wounded in the spring of 1972 at the Laurel Shopping Center on Route 1. Wallace was the governor of Alabama running for the Democratic nomination for president in...

  7. 3 days ago · In May of 1972, Alabama governor and presidential candidate George Wallace experienced a similar assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Laurel, Maryland. The incident happened at the...

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