young populist

respectful of black lawyers as a judge

Then built repute by confronting Frank Johnson over voting records release

New speech writer Asa Carter - Klan, later named ...

schoolhouse door gave him national fame

national TV interviews

Used code to tone down speeches

Selma police riot - Wallace angry

LBJ reacted w/ civil rights laws

Blacks started to vote -- new politics to come

Lurleen v.shy -- but was pressed to serve as Gov.  Ran 45 days after cancer surgery.

Lurleen as Gov still referred to George as Gov.  

Liberal policies on parks & mental health.

She won maj of black vote as well as white.

Lurleen died, RFK assass'd

polled 23% at peak

10M votes 1968 & 5 Southern states

but VP Curtis LeMay cost votes

Wallace spoke plainly for poor whites used to losing but liking a fight.

Widowed, met Cornelia, niece of Folsom.

Nixon secretly funded via Red Blount the Al Brewer to cost Wallace his base.

Nasty campaign of rumors -- gay, black fear, etc.

Wallace won. Married Cornelia.

She warned him 3d party was a weak crowd & moderated his image.

Seymour Tramell coop'd w/Feds on finances -- and Wallace brother Gerry had greatly increased income.

Nixon deal: Wallace became Dem and IRS investigation dropped.

Arthur Bremer loner intended fame by killing Nixon  or Wallace.

1972 Wallace. Carried all FL on anti busing platform.

Not shot in March primary because 2 girls were in way. Shot in Laurel MD.

Nixon plotted to plant Mcgovern leaflets on Bremer's aprtmt. Unable.

Wallace kept campaigning but health problems.

Divorce.

apptd record # of blacks to office but resigned early.

Much influence on later politics, 3d parties, issues eg welfare reform