Wallace, George Corley

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Wallace, George Corley (1919–98) US governor of Alabama (1963–67, 1971–74, 1975–78, 1983–87). He attempted unsuccessfully to block (1962–66) federal efforts to end racial segregation in Alabama state schools. Wallace was the leading spokesman against the civil rights movement. In 1968 he secured the appointment of his wife, Lurleen Wallace, as state governor. Wallace formed the American Independence Party and captured more than 13% of the vote in the 1968 presidential elections. In 1972, while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, he was shot and paralysed from the waist down.

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