Historical Events tagged with "george wallace"
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Politics & Government
George Wallace Announces Retirement from Politics
April 2nd, 1986 38 years ago
George Wallace, the former Alabama governor known for his staunch segregationist policies, announced he would not seek a fifth term and would retire from public life upon the conclusion of his current term in January 1987. This decision marked a significant shift in the political landscape of Alabama, as Wallace had been a central figure in the state’s governance and a prominent voice in the fight against desegregation, famously standing in the schoolhouse door in 1963 to block African American students from entering the University of Alabama.
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