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But the two that really shape american politics were the 1968 and 1972 campaigns. First thing id like to show you is governor wallaces inaugural address. This is his first inaugural address that he presented on january 14th, 1963. So this is the moment where we really see his first stance as sort of a hardline segregationist, and where we start to see this rhetoric that is going to make him a notable figure, not only in alabama politics, but in National Politics. Elections in d. C. Is disgusting and revealing. We will not sacrifice our children to any such School System and you can write that down. So when we look at George Wallaces 1958 inaugural campaign, we actually see a really interesting shift that happens after 1958. So in 1958, he runs for governor against john patterson. And in his first gubernatorial electio ....
So this is the moment where we really see his first stance as sort of a hardline segregationist, and where we start to see this rhetoric that is going to make him a notable figure, not only in alabama politics, but in National Politics. Elections in d. C. Is distressing and revealing. We will not sacrifice our children to any such School System and you can write that down. So when we look at his 1950 George Wallaces 1958 inaugural campaign, we actually see a really interesting shift that happens after 1958. So in 1958, he runs for governor against John Patterson and in his first gubernatorial election, George Wallace actually runs as a racial moderate. So he still is supporting segregation, but hes arguing a ....