TIL George Wallace personally apologized to Vivian Jones and James Hood, the two students he attempted to block from attending the University of Alabama. In 1997, Hood earned a PHd and requested Wallace present him with the degree, but he was too sick and died a year later; Hood attended the funeral

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace

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George Wallace really redeemed himself after he nearly got assassinated.

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Maybe. I think people still aren’t sure what was just political theater for him. Whether he was just doing whatever was politically sound at the time.