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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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- Republican (1998–present)
- Democratic (before 1998)
Feb 10, 2021 · George Wallace Jr. said the recent decision by trustees at the University of Alabama at Birmingham reflected only one part of the life of his late father, who apologized publicly for his racist stances and won his fourth and final term as governor with the support of Black voters in 1982.
May 15, 2022 · George Wallace Jr. shares his personal story of how his father, the former governor and presidential candidate, was shot and wounded by Arthur Bremer in 1972. He also reveals his father's letter of forgiveness to his assailant and his faith journey.
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After law school and military service, George C. Wallace embarked on a career as a judge and local politician. He served four terms as Alabama governor, from the 1960s through the 1980s, and ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. presidency three times. Despite his later efforts to revise his public image, Wallace is remembered for his strong support of r...
George Corley Wallace Jr. was born on August 25, 1919, in Clio, Alabama. His father, George Corley Sr., was a farmer. His mother, Mozelle Smith Wallace, had been abandoned by her mother and raised in an orphanage in Mobile as a young girl. Wallace took up boxing as a boy, and won two Golden Gloves state titles while he was a student at Barbour Coun...
After graduating from law school, Wallace entered the U.S. Army Air Corps and served during World War II. He flew multiple bombing missions over Japan in 1945, and was later discharged with a medical disability. Returning to Alabama, Wallace reunited with his wife, Lurleen (née Burns), whom he'd married in 1943. Deciding to enter local law and poli...
Meanwhile, Wallace was making plans to run for the governorship of his home state. He lost at his first attempt, in 1958. In 1962, when he ran again on a platform of racial segregation and states' rights and was backed by the Ku Klux Klan, he won the election. His inaugural speech concluded with the infamous line, "Segregation now, segregation tomo...
Wallace also harbored presidential aspirations. In 1968, he ran as an Independent candidate, supported mainly by white, working-class Southerners. In his 1972 campaign, however, he ran as a Democrat. While on the campaign trail in Maryland later that year, Wallace was shot by a would-be assassin named Arthur Bremer. His injuries left him permanentl...
From the late 1970s onward, Wallace attempted to revise his public image by modifying his previous position on race issues. He claimed that many of his statements had been misunderstood, and he emphasized his populist leanings. In some cases, he issued public apologies for his earlier actions. By the time of his fourth term as Alabama governor, he'...
George C. Wallace was a four-time governor of Alabama and three-time presidential candidate. He was known for his segregationist policies in the 1960s and his later efforts to change his image.
May 12, 2022 · Learn how the governor of Alabama, who was a notorious segregationist and a presidential candidate, was shot by a loner in 1972 and changed his views on race. Find out how his daughter, his opponents and his legacy are remembered today.
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Oct 1, 2023 · 1819 News recently sat down with the son of former Gov. George Wallace to discuss his new book, highlighting aspects of his father's less-known life and noting the famed separatist's change of heart later in life. "George Wallace: From Segregation to Salvation" is the most recent work from George Wallace Jr. about his father.
George C. Wallace Jr. was governor of Alabama from January 1963 to January 1967, January 1971 to January 1979, and January 1983 to January 1987; and a third-party candidate in the 1968 U.S. presidential election.
