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George Corley Wallace Jr. (Clio, Alabama; 25 de agosto de 1919-Montgomery, Alabama; 13 de septiembre de 1998) [1] fue un político y nacionalista blanco estadounidense que fue gobernador de Alabama durante cuatro mandatos.
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George Wallace (nacido el de 3 octubre de 1950 en Martins...
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George Wallace Official portrait, 1962 45th Governor of Alabama In office January 17, 1983 – January 19, 1987 Lieutenant Bill Baxley Preceded by Fob James Succeeded by H. Guy Hunt In office January 18, 1971 – January 15, 1979 [a] Lieutenant Jere Beasley Preceded by Albert Brewer Succeeded by Fob James In office January 14, 1963 – January 16, 1967 Lieutenant James Allen Preceded by John ...
7 de may. de 2024 · George Wallace (born August 25, 1919, Clio, Alabama, U.S.—died September 13, 1998, Montgomery, Alabama) was an American Democratic politician who was a four-time governor of Alabama (1963–67, 1971–79, and 1983–87) and who led the South’s fight against federally ordered racial integration in the 1960s. A farmer’s son ...
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Wallace was born George Corley Wallace on August 25, 1919 in Clio, Alabama. He studied at University of Alabama. He grew up in a lower-middle-class family. As a young man, he was an amateur boxer, where he fought as a bantamweight. Wallace was a very short man for his entire life, and as an adult was about 5'2" (1.57m)
He served four terms as governor of Alabama, and also ran for President of the United States several times, during the 1960s and 1970s. Wallace was a longtime supporter of segregation; a policy that did not allow African-Americans to go to the same schools or many of the same public places as whitepeople. In 1963 he stood in a schoolhouse door to s...
Wallace was married to Laurleen Wallace until her death. He then married to Corelia Wallace until they divorced. Then he was married to Lisa Taylor until they divorced. He had four children.
The Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Sweet Home Alabama" has the line "In Birmingham they love the Governor / Boo Boo Boo / Now we all did what we could do / if watergate does not bother me / does your conscience bother you now tell me true." Even though Wallace is not mentioned by name, the line clearly refers to him, and members of the band have confirmed th...
Wallace died on September 13, 1998 in Montgomery, Alabama from sepsis complicated by a spinal infection, aged 79. He was buried at Greenwood Cemeteryin Montgomery.
Media related to George Wallaceat Wikimedia Commons 1. Governor Wallace's Schoolhouse Door speech Archived 2002-08-06 at the Wayback Machinearchived at the University of Alabama 2. George Wallace article Archived 2010-06-16 at the Wayback Machineat the Encyclopedia of Alabama 3. George Wallace Archived 2018-11-22 at the Wayback Machine- Daily Teleg...
George Corley Wallace Jr. fue un político y nacionalista blanco estadounidense que fue gobernador de Alabama durante cuatro mandatos. Miembro del Partido Demócrata, se le recuerda sobre todo por sus firmes opiniones segregacionistas y populistas.
Former Governor of Alabama George Wallace ran in the 1968 United States presidential election as the candidate for the American Independent Party against Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. Wallace's pro-segregation policies during his term as Governor of Alabama were rejected by most.
