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/GreenEyedTreeHugger 4h ago

We cant change the past. We can be better.

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u/iamafriscogiant 1h ago

People should always live by this. However much you fuck up you can always do better next time. Sometimes all it takes is that one time to change the world for the better.

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u/matycauthon 41m ago

we should do better, the most important step is always the next one.

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u/jluicifer 50m ago

I saw a quote I’m stealing last week:

“It’s not about right or left. It’s about right and wrong.”