| | Wallace was born in Clio, in Barbour County, Alabama, on August 25, 1919.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8H-iCQAAQBAJ&pg=RA4-PA397 Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History]</ref> | | Wallace was born in Clio, in Barbour County, Alabama, on August 25, 1919.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8H-iCQAAQBAJ&pg=RA4-PA397 Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History]</ref> |
| − | In his first run for governor, in 1958, he ran as a Democrat — and lost — as a [[moderate]], supported by the [[NAACP]]. Four years later, he ran again as a Democrat — and won — with the vow, “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”<ref>https://www.nysun.com/editorials/bidens-way-off-base-on-trump-and-george-wallace/90787/ | + | In his first run for governor, in 1958, he ran as a Democrat — and lost — as a [[moderate]], supported by the [[NAACP]]. Four years later, he ran again as a Democrat — and won — with the vow, “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”<ref>https://www.nysun.com/editorials/bidens-way-off-base-on-trump-and-george-wallace/90787/</ref> |