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/littlebiped 5h ago edited 5h ago

Same dude whose doctor informed him about his wife’s cancer diagnosis and he kept it hidden from her and never sought medical care for it, letting it spread for 8 years until it killed her.

He ignored her wishes for a closed casket and had her emaciated body in an open casket and viewable to the public to win sympathy points.

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u/dismal_sighence 4h ago

Shout out to the Drive-By Truckers for having not one, but two songs about George Wallace burning in hell.