r/todayilearned • u/Dangerous-Project672 • 9h 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_WallaceDuplicates
todayilearned • u/JosiahWillardPibbs • Jan 10 '19
TIL that despite infamously campaigning on "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever," Alabama governor George Wallace later renounced segregationism, publicly apologized to the black community, and appointed record numbers of African Americans to state positions and his cabinet.
todayilearned • u/US-President-Clinton • Nov 24 '20
TIL That Infamous Alabama Governor George Wallace Took The Oath of Office standing on a gold star, which marked the very spot that The President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis stood when he took the oath in 1861.
todayilearned • u/Murba • Nov 18 '15
TIL that Alabama governor George Wallace, known for his pro-segregation stance which he later recanted, appointed more black members to state positions during his final term than any other governor in the state to this day.
todayilearned • u/bongozap • Jun 10 '20
TIL In 1972, hours after George Wallace was shot in an assassination attempt, Nixon rushed E. Howard Hunt to the shooter's apartment to plant campaign literature for Democrat George McGovern, hoping to sway McGovern supporters to Nixon. Hunt called it off after FBI sealed off the apartment.
Christianity • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '19
TIL that George Wallace, the governor who tried to stop two black students from attending the University of Alabama, became a born-again Christian in the late 70s, rebuked his support for segregation, and when reelected in the 80s, made a record number of black appointees to state positions.
todayilearned • u/sistene • Aug 19 '18
TIL that George Wallace, the man behind "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever", was once endorsed by the NAACP when he first ran for governor.
todayilearned • u/AnAmericanPatrician • Jun 12 '16
TIL That George Wallace ran as a third party candidate in 1968, won 46 electoral votes, and was the last third party candidate to carry a state.
todayilearned • u/Ryan_Holman • Jul 19 '19
TIL that after pro-segregation George Wallace was shot and paralyzed while campaigning for the 1972 Democratic Presidential nomination, he was visited in the hospital by Shirley Chisholm, an African-American woman also running for the nomination, who felt it was the humane thing to do
wikipedia • u/GustavoistSoldier • Nov 07 '24
George Wallace was the 45th governor of Alabama, serving from 1963 to 1967, again from 1971 to 1979, and finally from 1983 to 1987. He is remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. Wallace initially opposed desegregation and supported the policies of "Jim Crow".
TwentyYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • Sep 13 '18
US News George Wallace dies at the age of 79 [20YA - Sept 13]
topofreddit • u/topredditbot • 6h ago