1. Governor George Wallace By: Brisa C.

2. Interesting Facts Governor George Wallace was best know for his pro- segregation attitude. He was against desegregation. In 1958 George lost the governor elections to John Patterson. While John was supported by the KKK, in all irony Patterson was supported by the NAACP. In 1962, he was elected governor on a pro-segregation, pro-states' rights platform in a landslide victory.

3. Actions He took during the Civil Rights Movement On June 11.1963 he stood in front of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to stop desegregation of that institution by the enrollment of two black students, Vivian Maloen and James Hood. This became known as the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door." Wallace stood aside only after being confronted by federal marshalls.

4. …….more facts Alabamas state constition prevented him from running a second term as governor so he then places his wife in the race. She won. She died in office May 7, 1968 Wallace then ran for president in 1968. Wallace won the election again from white voters in the south. Hippies called him a “born-again nazi” Famous for his quote "I was killing facist when you punks were in diapers." To other so-called hippies, who were simply non-Nazis, he said, "You shout four letter words at me, well, I have two for you: W-O-R-K and S-O-A-P." Wallace disagreed with Abraham Lincoln that blacks should be able to vote, serve on juries, or hold public offices. Although he did agree with lincoln that equality for blaks could come with education, uplift and time.

5. 1970 he was elected governor of alabama for a second term but lost. Was know for running one of the “nastiest campaigns in state history” while using racist rhestoric. "Do you want the black block electing your governor?" and circulated an ad showing a white girl surrounded by seven black boys, with the slogan "Wake Up Alabama! Blacks vow to take over Alabama." A gallup pole at the time showed Wallace to be the seventh most admired man in America, just ahead of Pope Paul VI.

6. Near Death Experience 1972 wallace ran for president again. During this election as he was campaignin he was shot five times in a would be assasin. One of the bullets was lodged into his spinal cord leaving him paralyzed for life. After this assasin attempt he dropped out of the race to be president. Arthur Herman Bremer shot Wallace

7. Death of George Wallace In the late 1970s Wallace became a born again christian, and in the same era apologized to black civil rights leaders for his earlier segregationist views, calling these views wrong. He said that while once he sought power and glory, he realized he needed to seek love and forgiveness. Wallace died from septic shock in Montgomery, Alabama on September 13, 1998

8. References www.wikipedia.com http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g _wallac.htmlhttp://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g _wallac.html www.google.com