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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>
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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>
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In his first run for governor, in 1958, he ran as a Democrat as a [[moderate]], supported by the [[NAACP]], and lost badly.
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Realizing that a moderate Democrat had no chance to win in Alabama, he became an ardent supporter of segregation, 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>; four years later with his hardline stance, he won.
    
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==Later life==
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