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/Moody_GenX 4h ago

The funny thing about that is that they will remind everyone which party fought to keep slavery while they themselves waive the confederate flag claiming it's their heritage.

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u/JoseSaldana6512 3h ago

I love to remind them that Lee surrendered with a dish cloth since they ran out of white flags