George Wallace
George Wallace was the governor of Alabama in the Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties, who held the dubious distinction of being one of America's most outspoken supporters of racial segregation. As governor, he fought integration, standing symbolically in the doorway of the University of Alabama to block two black students from enrolling there.
Wallace also ran for president in 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976.
Childhood and education
George Corley Wallace was born in Clio, Alabama, on August 25, 1919, to George C. and Mozell Smith Wallace. The son of a farmer, Wallace and his siblings attended local schools and spent their spare time helping out on the farm. Wallace was active in sports at Barbour County High School, and won the state Golden Gloves bantamweight championship in 1936 and 1937.
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