One of the things I remember about governor Wallace was he put a big temporary tax on automobile plates that is still with us today. We stopped in to see him one day while in Montgomery just out of curiosity and to see inside the capital building and there he was on the phone with his boots propped up on his desk. He didn’t have time to talk that day and normally he would say a few words to all visitors. Him standing in the door to the school was just show boating, when the federal marshalls asked him to step aside after his little speech, he did.

George was a Democrat and so was Lester Maddox.  Funny ain’t it…..

ok, because at one time the naacp really endorsed wallace for his first try at governor. he refused the endorsement of the kkk. patterson accepted it and won. wallace changed after that. his political ambitions were more important than his morales, but at the end he did repent and that is very important.

I’m not sure where I heard it, that’s why I was asking if it was true. I don’t really remember learning anything about him in high school, except maybe in Alabama History that he was governor in the 60s?

i was just wondering about the spitting part. where you got that from. i was born in the heart of atlanta and knew about wallace. just thought it was strange.

I don’t see the relevence but I was born in the 1980’s in Midtown Mobile, Alabama.

KxVicious, where are you from?

That’s great to hear, wife. Thanks for clearing that up!

George Wallace stood in the doorway to keep Blacks from being admitted into the school. He also regretted it years later and apologized for doing it. He suffered a lot because of the attempted assassination. Perhaps, because of his pain, he was able to see the pain he had inflicted. He asked to be forgiven. His views had changed before he died.

yes he did. it was more than keeping an ethnic group from attending. it had a lot to do with states rights.