Former Governor George Wallace Autographed USPS Stamped Envelope

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Former Governor George Wallace Autographed USPS Stamped EnvelopeGeorge Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama , a position he occupied for four terms, during which he promoted "low-grade industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools". He sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once as an American Independent Party candidate, unsuccessfully each time. He is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. Wallace famously opposed desegregation and supported the policies of " Jim Crow " during the Civil Rights Movement , declaring in his 1963 Inaugural Address that he stood for "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever".On May 15, 1972, he was shot five times by Arthur Bremer while campaigning at the Laurel Shopping Center in Laurel , Maryland , at a time when he was receiving high ratings in national opinion polls. Bremer was seen at a Wallace rally in Wheaton, Maryland , earlier that day and two days earlier at a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan . Wallace was hit in the abdomen and chest, and one of the bullets lodged in Wallace's spinal column , leaving him paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his life. A five-hour operation was needed that evening, and Wallace had to receive several read more
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