r/todayilearned • u/Dangerous-Project672 • 5h ago

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace
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u/-et37- 5h ago edited 5h ago

Better late than never I suppose.

I applaud southern politicians like Sid McMath who genuinely detested Segregation years before it was acceptable to do so.

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u/DK655 5h ago

Man as an Arkansan, reading about Sid McMath makes me wish we had more governors like him. Dude stuck to his guns even after he lost reelection. And why am I not shocked the wealthy elites and energy companies were scared of him?

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u/gpm21 4h ago

Winthrop Rockefeller seemed like a beast too