Felt like maybe i already heard that my father had been shot and he was okay. Well, your father is okay, hes been shot, he must have been okay. Well, i didnt know that. I was brought here to the mansion and then flown straight to meraryland. We want to be clear because we were talking about you earlier here. You were the honorary chair of the alabama Democratic Party. No, my husband is the chair of the alabama Democratic Party. I sort of standby him and help him when i can. I do make some speeches at the Democratic Party functions. And your brother is now a republican, correct . Yes, he is. But i still love him very much. [ laughs ] the same question that we ask doctor reed and doctor carter, if your father is alive today, would he be a republican or democrat . I think he would be a democrat. Who would he voted for . I think he could possibly voted for president obama. I know that he would have been proud that i endorsed president obama and i think he would have been very proud that i marched across the edmunds bridge with john lewis. Peggy Wallace Kennedy wrote a piece for cnn the day after the election, november 3rd, 2008. If you are interested, you can go to cnn and read it. It is about her visiting albany, georgia, tim, you are on the contenders, George Wallace is the topic. Caller hello . Hi, tim. Albany, georgia, go ahead. Caller just a couple things. I know my time is limited. Number one, selma is only about 40, 50 miles from montgomery. I grew up in selma at the time of the march. My question is for mr. Carter. At the time of the march, rumors were running rampant. A woman by the name of iola luoza was giving marchers a ride back in her car when she was ambushed. It was rumored for many, many years that one of the marchers she was giving a ride was an undercover fbi agent. I wondered, have you ever heard of this rumor . Thank you very much. It wasnt her passenger. It was one of the individuals in the car that did the shooting, was an undercover agent. It was his testimony that made it possible for the immediate arrest of the people that did the shooting, even though, as usual, nothing much came of it. That was the situation. The person she was taking back. Im embarrassed to say ive forgotten his name, faked being shot. He fell under her when she was shot and the car wrecked. She fell on top of him. He was covered in blood. They stopped and realized she was dead and thought he was too. Now, dr. Carter, in your book, the politics of rage. The 1972 shooting, arthur bremer, there is quite a discussion about potential conspiracy with the Nixon Campaign to have shot governor wallace. Jack nelson, former bureau chief of the l. A. Times, Pulitzer Prize winner, came down, investigated it. Whats your conclusion . I dont think so. I just do not believe that Richard Nixon and his entourage tried to exploit the shooting. Arthur bremer, we have an awful lot of information, including his diaries, all of the diaries he wrote during this period. It is clear that this was a very mentally disturbed young man. Peggy Wallace Kennedy, after your father was shot, what was his life like as governor and his personal life . Well, of course, he slowed down quite a bit. I think that even though that was such a tragedy for him, i do think that it helped him in a lot of ways, to stop, and look around and appreciate his family more and appreciate what he had more. Unfortunately, it had to happen in that way. Your father was married twice after your mother died, correct, to cornelia and also to a lisa taylor . Right. And divorced from both . Right. One thing i do want to point out is that here at the Governors Mansion, here in montgomery, alabama, in the back is a pool. I guess it was put in as a gift to governor wallace after he was paralyzed, because swimming would be good for him and it is in the shape of the state of alabama. Dr. Reed, did you remember your last conversation with George Wallace . No. I was trying to. I just do remember one of the final statements we had with him. That was, he was saying that he said to me segregation, we were all taught that way, he said, but i was wrong and, therefore, he came to folks for forgiveness. So i accepted his decision and accepted his statement that he was wrong, because he was one of the few southern politicians every to repudiate that. I was invited to come to his funeral. I did go to the church where his funeral was. I think as a christian, he should have been forgiven and was forgiven. Peggy Wallace Kennedy, where are your parents buried . They are buried at leak Memory Cemetery and they are together. Is that here in montgomery . It is here in montgomery, yes. Finally, dr. Dan carter, how did George Wallace change the National Conversation . Well, he certainly identified this mood that was in its very early stages of conservatism. It was made possible not only by his great skills but over circumstances which he had great control, which he was able to exploit. To me, the great tragedy is here was a person of enormous ability but was caught in the time warp that he was. The politics of rage is the name of dan carters book. He has been our guest for the last two hours, as has joe reed, chairman of the alabama democratic conference as well as the executive secretary. Associate executive secretary. Associate executive secretary of the alabama educational and we are very happy to have joined us peggy Wallace Kennedy, the daughter of George Wallace. We thank you all very much. We also want to thank Governor Robert Bentley for opening up his temporary home here for us to broadcast from out front. It is a beautiful night in montgomery. It has been wonderful. Thank you, governor bentley, the Current Governor of alabama. We also want to thank from the Governors Mansion staff, james camp and Heather Hanna and thanks to everybody at the Alabama State Capitol Building for all their help in setting up this contenders and we are going to leave you with governor wallace in 1976, his last the address to the alabama legislature. I feel i must say i have climbed my last political mountain. There are still some personal hills that i must climb. But for now, i must pass the rope and the pick to another climber and say climb on. Climb on to high heights. Climb on to reach the very peak. Then, look back and wave at me. I too will still be climbing. My fellow alabamans, i bid you a fond and affectionate farewell. Each week American History tvs real america brings you archival films that brings context for todays Public Affair issues. Documents the final months of the super fortress air campaign against japan. The 34 minute film from the National Archives concludes with the august 1945 atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki
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