we come to you live from the governor of the mansion in montgomery, alabama, wartime political candidate george wallace. elected governor of alabama and four times, george wallace lived here for 20% of his life. before we begin our conversation on george wallace and his legacy and introduce you to our guest, here is a look at his political style. if you cannot decision at harvard between honesty and being over active, you should come down to alabama and we will show you some lot down there. both national parties in the last number of years have about down to every group of anarchists that have roamed the streets of san francisco and los angeles. [applause] now they have created themselves a monster and the chickens are coming home to roost all over this country. i love you, too. i sure do. i thought you were a she. you are a he. in california, a group of anarchists laid down in front of his automobile. if you elect me president, if i come to arkansas it will be the last thi
the contenders. we come to you live from the governor of the mansion in montgomery, alabama, wartime political candidate george wallace. elected governor of alabama and four times, george wallace lived here for 20% of his life. before we begin our conversation on george wallace and his legacy and introduce you to our guest, here is a look at his political style. if you cannot decision at harvard between honesty and being over active, you should come down to alabama and we will show you some lot down there. both national parties in the last number of years have about down to every group of anarchists that have roamed the streets of san francisco and los angeles. [applause] now they have created themselves a monster and the chickens are coming home to roost all over this country. i love you, too. i sure do. i thought you were a she. you are a he. in california, a group of anarchists laid down in front of his automobile. if you elect me president, if i come to arkansas it wi
but then one of the governor s aides suggest he listen more closely to the line that follows in birmingham they love the governor. the next line anybody remember? boo, boo, boo. sung by a group of female african-american backup singers. including, by the way, the great mary clayton who originated the role of the acid queen in the who s tommy. that has nothing to do with what we re talking about tonight. i just think that s a cool fact. so ronny and the boys never got their citation from the governor. we have chosen this line as the title for our program tonight because it is like the legacy of george wallace debated, parsed, and still relevant in the 21st century america. we are fortunate to have three respected and accomplished scholars with us tonight to explore the role of george wallace in birmingham civil rights struggle and the legacy of wallace in our politics and culture today. our first speaker will be dan t. carter. he has served as professor and visiting sc
of the california ballot in next year s general election. george wallace made his first run in national politics in 1964 where he enters a few key primaries and does well there. his first major national run comes in 1968. where he has set himself up through these public appearances that he makes during the desegregation of aids and during the stand-in schoolhouse. he sets himself up to be his voice and standing against all of these changes that the federal government is making. he takes what he s been making and he broadens it for a national audience. and that s a debate that really resonates with a lot of pop feeling their concerns have not been heard and feeling they are living in a know, the federal government is moving too fast with their decisions and feel like their voices aren t being heard. so george wallace, in 1968, sets himself up as a very successful candidate for president. he wins five southern states, and receives over 10 million votes. so he really speaks to
us an excellent base. it will go forth in the beginning with at least the 177 at laurel boats that comprise the states of the south electoral votes that comprise the states of the south. no new party movement has ever had the grass roots support that our movement has. there are movements that are movements of personalities of some small group represented representing only a small fraction of the public vote. but our movement does represent the majority thinking of the american people at this moment. we are back live in montgomery, alabama. this is a live picture of the governor s mansion, two miles south of downtown montgomery. dan carper, how is it that george wallace got 10 million votes and 46 electoral votes? all the states he won were in the deep south. to him, that was a disappointment. he had hoped to break into some of the border states. it was close in a number of them north carolina and virginia, and particularly tennessee. he was within striking distance.