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George Corley Wallace III, generally known as George Wallace Jr., (born October 17, 1951) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Alabama. He is the only son of George and Lurleen Wallace, each of whom was Democratic governor of Alabama.
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May 7, 2024 · RFK Jr. embraces California ballot nomination from party with history of far-right ties. 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 ...
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Wallace was born George Corley Wallace on August 25, 1919 in Clio, Alabama. He studied at University of Alabama. He grew up in a lower-middle-class family. As a young man, he was an amateur boxer, where he fought as a bantamweight. Wallace was a very short man for his entire life, and as an adult was about 5'2" (1.57m)
He served four terms as governor of Alabama, and also ran for President of the United States several times, during the 1960s and 1970s. Wallace was a longtime supporter of segregation; a policy that did not allow African-Americans to go to the same schools or many of the same public places as whitepeople. In 1963 he stood in a schoolhouse door to s...
Wallace was married to Laurleen Wallace until her death. He then married to Corelia Wallace until they divorced. Then he was married to Lisa Taylor until they divorced. He had four children.
The Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Sweet Home Alabama" has the line "In Birmingham they love the Governor / Boo Boo Boo / Now we all did what we could do / if watergate does not bother me / does your conscience bother you now tell me true." Even though Wallace is not mentioned by name, the line clearly refers to him, and members of the band have confirmed th...
Wallace died on September 13, 1998 in Montgomery, Alabama from sepsis complicated by a spinal infection, aged 79. He was buried at Greenwood Cemeteryin Montgomery.
Media related to George Wallaceat Wikimedia Commons 1. Governor Wallace's Schoolhouse Door speech Archived 2002-08-06 at the Wayback Machinearchived at the University of Alabama 2. George Wallace article Archived 2010-06-16 at the Wayback Machineat the Encyclopedia of Alabama 3. George Wallace Archived 2018-11-22 at the Wayback Machine- Daily Teleg...
George Wallace Jr. My Father. T h e A u t h o r. George Wallace Jr. was born in Eufaula, Alabama, on October 17, 1951. In 1970, he graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery; following that, he and his band traveled with Hank Williams Jr. before obtaining a BA Degree in history from Huntingdon College in 1976. See More.
