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==Later life==
 
==Later life==
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An [[assassination]] attempt in 1972 left him partially disabled.  In the late 1970s Wallace became a born-again Christian, renouncing his segregationist policies and apologizing for his past.  After his change, he became popular within the [[African American]] community, a position of closeness that he would retain until his death.
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An [[assassination]] attempt in 1972 by [[Arthur Bremer]] left him partially disabled.  In the late 1970s Wallace became a born-again Christian, renouncing his segregationist policies and apologizing for his past.  After his change, he became popular within the [[African American]] community, a position of closeness that he would retain until his death.
 
[[Image:Wallace68.jpg|thumb|240px|''Time'' Oct 18, 1968; Air Force General Curtis LeMay was Wallace's VP nominee]]]]
 
[[Image:Wallace68.jpg|thumb|240px|''Time'' Oct 18, 1968; Air Force General Curtis LeMay was Wallace's VP nominee]]]]
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==Further reading==
 
==Further reading==
 
* Lesher, Stephan. ''George Wallace: American Populist.'' (1994). 587 pp.
 
* Lesher, Stephan. ''George Wallace: American Populist.'' (1994). 587 pp.
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