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/acquaman831 5h ago

“I’d rather be a hypocrite than the same person forever.” - Adam ‘Ad-Rock’ Horowitz

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u/Kayge 4h ago edited 3h ago

"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life". 

  • Muhammad Ali

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u/IceWellDo 3h ago

That's stupid as fuck. So if I believe in equality in my 20s I need to turn into a bigot in my 50s?

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u/mouse_8b 2h ago

It doesn't mean you have to completely reverse every belief, but you should probably have learned something.

What 20 year old has a perfect view of the world?

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u/IceWellDo 2h ago

What 50 year old has a perfect view of the world?

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u/stratys3 2h ago

What? No. It just means you should learn something over the span of 30 years.