GEORGE C. WALLACE - MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED - HFSID 187459

GEORGE CORLEY WALLACE
Color magazine photo of George Wallace from the chest up, in a grey suit and talking into a set of microphones, signed as Governor of Alabama
Magazine photo signed "Best Wishes/George Wallace/Gov of Alabama". With black ink stamp and blue ink notations in unknown hand. Color, 9½x11¾, mounted on cardstock. Captioned: "Wallace runs". Notation reads: "Late May 1/70". Wallace (1919-1998, born in Clio, Alabama) was Governor of Alabama from 1963 to 1967, 1971 to 1979 and 1983 to 1987. Governor Wallace was the leading opponent of integration in the United States in the 1960s, declaring: "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." On June 11, 1963, he stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama to prevent two black students from entering. Wallace moved aside when the National Guard, ordered there by President Kennedy, accompanied the students. The Presidential nominee of the American Independent Party in 1968, Wallace won 46 Electoral Votes from five southern states. He again sought the Democratic nomination for President in 1972.While campaigning in Maryland, Wallace survived an assassination attempt, but he was permanently paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. Wallace placed third in the voting at the Democratic National Convention in 1972 and fourth in 1976. As he grew older, Wallace disavowed his old segregationist positions. He received many votes and endorsements from blacks in his last campaign for Governor, and Wallace would appoint African Americans to many key posts. Lightly toned, creased, rippled and bowed. Bottom corners of cardstock are worn and rounded. Otherwise in fine condition.