You know that he renounced racism, and was elected to the governorship AFTER that?
You ******* idiot.
Wallace was elected governor in 1962 prior to blocking the way for integration in that incident in 1963.
George Wallace - Wikipedia
Wallace adopted a hard-line
segregationist stance, and
he won election as governor in 1962. Seeking to stop the racial integration of the
University of Alabama, Wallace earned national notoriety by
standing in front of the entrance of the University of Alabama, literally blocking the path of black students.
[2] Wallace left office after one term due to term limits, but his wife,
Lurleen Wallace, won the next election and succeeded him, though he was the
de facto governor.
You know that he renounced racism, and was elected to the governorship AFTER that?
You ******* idiot.
Wallace was elected governor in 1962 prior to blocking the way for integration in that incident in 1963.
George Wallace - Wikipedia
Wallace adopted a hard-line
segregationist stance, and
he won election as governor in 1962. Seeking to stop the racial integration of the
University of Alabama, Wallace earned national notoriety by
standing in front of the entrance of the University of Alabama, literally blocking the path of black students.
[2] Wallace left office after one term due to term limits, but his wife,
Lurleen Wallace, won the next election and succeeded him, though he was the
de facto governor.
Yes, everyone knows that part of the story.
From, YOUR LINK, moron,
"In the late 1970s, Wallace announced that he was a
born-again Christian and apologized to black civil rights leaders for his past actions as a segregationist. He said that while he had once sought power and glory, he realized he needed to seek love and forgiveness.
[note 2] In 1979, Wallace said of his stand in the schoolhouse door: "I was wrong. Those days are over, and they ought to be over."
[62] He publicly asked for forgiveness from blacks.
[62][63]
In the 1982 Alabama gubernatorial Democratic primary, Wallace's main opponents were Lieutenant Governor
George McMillan and Alabama House Speaker
Joe McCorquodale. In the primary, McCorquodale was eliminated, and the vote went to a runoff, with Wallace holding a slight edge over McMillan. Wallace won the Democratic nomination by a margin of 51 to 49 percent. In the
general election, his opponent was Montgomery Republican Mayor
Emory Folmar. Polling experts at first thought the 1982 election was the best chance since Reconstruction for a Republican to be elected as governor of Alabama.[
citation needed] Ultimately, though, it was Wallace, not Folmar, who claimed victory.
During Wallace's final term as governor (1983–1987) he made a record number of black appointments to state positions,
[64] including, for the first time, two black people as members in the same cabinet."
And interestingly, it does not seem that his flip cost him a lot with white voters.
WALLACE DEFIED NEW SOUTH POLITICS TO WIN RUNOFF
"As Mr. Wallace reshaped the black vote, he also deepened the split between rural and urban voters. By tradition, residents of the hill country of north Alabama and the flatlands of south Alabama pick different candidates. But this time rural whites all over Alabama joined to make it a statewide city-versus-country vote.
The bond between Mr. Wallace and this rural coalition seemed to be their shared nostalgia for Mr. Wallace's three underdog Presidential campaigns. "
And this was 1982, 36 years ago. Rural white all over the state, joining together to support the man that begged blacks for forgiveness.
This country is not a tenth as racist as you race baiters would like to pretend it is.
I recommend the reading the whole NYTs article. For everyone who reads this post, very interesting historical information on race and politics.
Man, can you imagine if Hollywood made a movie about THAT?
Now that would be brave.
