1960's Lifestyles and Social Trends | The Politics of Race, Civil Rights, and Segregation

"The 1963 Inaugural Address of Governor George C. Wallace"

Speech

By: George C. Wallace

Date: January 14, 1963

Source: Wallace, George. "The 1963 Inaugural Address of Governor George C. Wallace." Alabama Department of Archives and History. Available online at http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/inauguralspeech.h... ; website home page: http://www.archives.state.al.us (accessed June 2, 2003).

About the Author: George Corley Wallace (1919–1998) was born in Clio, Alabama. He became a staunch segregationalist and won the election for Alabama governer in 1962. During his first term a series of divisive racial confrontations took place. Reelected as governor for a fourth and final time in 1982, Wallace eventually disavowed his segregationalist...