Biographer describes background of Wallace's segregation speech

"It's difficult to put ourselves back in what it was like in the late 1950s and early 1960s," [Dan Carter] said. "Even though he was a racial moderate in his life, it was always within the system of segregation." "Politicians see their job to represent the people and, i...

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Published inTuscaloosa news (Tuscaloosa, Ala. : 1929)
Main Author Beyerle, Dana
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tuscaloosa, Ala Halifax Media Group 18.01.2013
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Carter, Asa
Carter, Dan
Wallace, George C
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Summary:"It's difficult to put ourselves back in what it was like in the late 1950s and early 1960s," [Dan Carter] said. "Even though he was a racial moderate in his life, it was always within the system of segregation." "Politicians see their job to represent the people and, in the case of [George C. Wallace] in 1962, the white people, he was representing them," Dan Carter said. "When black people began demanding rights, there was no question he had this visceral response, this anger and frustration." "There are many things that Wallace did for the state, but I think it was flawed in part by the corruption involved, a fair amount of that," Dan Carter said. "I think that whole turning of almost every issue into a political issue damaged Wallace's efforts, probably hurt the state."