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==Later life==

==Later life==

[[File:Wallace and Jackson.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Jesse Jackson asks for Gov. [[George Wallace]]'s support in his presidential bid. The two had been snubbed by the Democratic party establishment, Wallace in 1968 and Jackson in 1988.]]

[[File:Wallace and Jackson.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|[[Jesse Jackson]] asks for Gov. George Wallace's support in his presidential bid. The two had been snubbed by the Democratic party establishment, Wallace in 1968 and Jackson in 1988.]]

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.

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.