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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 George C. Wallace holds up a newspaper touting...
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During an outdoor rally in Laurel, Maryland, George Wallace, the governor of Alabama and a presidential candidate, is shot by 21-year-old Arthur Bremer. Three others were wounded, and Wallace was permanently paralyzed from the waist down. The next day, while fighting for his life in a hospital, he won major primary victories in Michigan and Marylan...
Wallace, one of the most controversial politicians in U.S. history, was elected governor of Alabama in 1962 under an ultra-segregationist platform. In his 1963 inaugural address, Wallace promised his white followers: Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever! However, the promise lasted only six months. In June 1963, under federal ...
Despite his failures in slowing the accelerating civil rights movement in the South, Wallace became a national spokesman for resistance to racial change and in 1964 entered the race for the U.S. presidency. Although defeated in most Democratic presidential primaries he entered, his modest successes demonstrated the extent of popular backlash agains...
In 1972, Governor Wallace returned to the Democratic Party for his third presidential campaign and, under a slightly more moderate platform, was showing promising returns when Arthur Bremer shot him on May 15, 1972. After his recovery, he faded from national prominence and made a poor showing in his fourth and final presidential campaign in 1979. D...
He announced his retirement in 1986, telling the Alabama electorate in a tearful address that Ive climbed my last political mountain, but there are still some personal hills I must climb. But for now, I must pass the rope and the pick to another climber and say climb on, climb on to higher heights. Climb on til you reach the very peak. Then look ba...
- Missy Sullivan
Mar 22, 2024 · In an inspiring move on her part, she visits George Wallace, a Republican candidate known for his racist leaning, when he is shot during one of his rallies. While we know that Wallace’s real-life counterpart turned his life around after this near-death experience, many wonder what happened to the shooter.
May 16, 1972 · WASHINGTON, May 15—Three other persons were injured by the bullets aimed at Gov. George C. Wallace today. The victims included Governor Wallace's long‐time personal security officer, a...
Nov 10, 2007 · The young man from Wisconsin started firing rapidly, hitting Wallace four times, sending one of the bullets into his spine. Three others in the crowd also were shot. Wallace would never walk...
Apr 13, 2023 · On May 15, 1972, Arthur Bremer shot presidential candidate George Wallace five times at a Maryland rally. And once his diaries were published while he was behind bars, it became clear that he also wanted to assassinate Richard Nixon.
Jun 11, 2003 · On May 15, 1972, Arthur H. Bremer, 21, center, shot Wallace, paralyzing him below the waist, as he campagined in Laurel, Md. Bremer's diary, published after his arrest, indicated that he shot...
