S e g r e g a t i o n
“Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the halls.”
- Bob Dylan (from “The Times They Are A-Changin’”)
June 11, 1963, University of Alabama. Governor Wallace blocking the entrance to Vivian Malone and
James Hood. Moments later, Wallace stepped aside and the first two black students were allowed to register at the university.
James Hood, one of the students wanting to register at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963, holding George Wallace's hand when they met on July 2, 1996. Both James and Vivian Malone eventually graduated from the university.
Vivian Malone meeting with George Wallace when she was the first recipient of the Lurleen B. Wallace Award of Courage, October 10, 1996.
“Segregation Today, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever.”
- George Wallace, 1962 Campaign for Alabama Governor
Did he really mean that? Did he believe that would help him get elected? Was he a racist, or was this just campaign rhetoric?
"I didn't write that, it was in the speech and I did say it.
I was tired and cold, and wanted to finish—I regret ever saying it." - George Wallace