Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998

Authoritative Name:
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Biography:
"GEORGE CORLEY WALLACE was born in Clio, Alabama, on August 25, 1919. He graduated from Barbour County High School in 1937, and earned a law degree in 1942 from the University of Alabama. Wallace served in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945, and was an assistant attorney general from 1946 to 1947. He was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1947, serving until 1953, and served on the bench of the third judicial district from 1953 to 1958. On November 6, 1962, Wallace was elected governor of Alabama, and was sworn into office on January 14, 1963. The civil rights movement dominated Wallace's first term with tension mounting from the desegregation of the schools in Macon County, and the nationally publicized police dog and fire hose incidents in Birmingham. Wallace also attempted to amend the Alabama Constitution, which prohibited him from succeeding himself in office. However, he did not succeed, and left office on January 16, 1967. His wife Lurleen ran and was elected governor in November 1966. Wallace served as her special assistant, earning a dollar a year, and making most of the important executive decisions. After the death of his wife, Wallace ran unsuccessfully, in 1968, as an American Independent Party candidate for president. On November 3, 1970, Wallace was elected to a second term as governor, and in 1972, was running for the Democratic presidential nomination when an assassination attempt left him paralyzed. An amendment to the Alabama Constitution was ratified in 1968, allowing governors to succeed themselves, and in 1974, Wallace was overwhelmingly reelected to a third term as governor. Following the end of this term, Wallace took a four-year hiatus from politics. He ran again for governor in 1982, and won the governorship with an unprecedented amount of black voter support. During his last three terms, vital improvements were made in the Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency, the Alabama Office of Consumer Protection was started in 1972, health care improved with doubled expenditures, and Wallace sponsored the largest highway expansion program in the state's history. Wallace retired from politics in 1987, and died on September 13, 1998, in Montgomery."--National Governors Association Web page.
Associated Subjects:
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998--Inauguration, 1971
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998--Political activity
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998--Trials, litigation, etc.
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Mississippi AFL-CIO State COPE Committee, meeting minutes, 1968

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Mississippi AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education
AFL-CIO. Mississippi Committee on Political Education
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986
Date of Original:
1968
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Wallace, George and Lurleen, correspondence, 1966-1967

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E.T., 1921-1996
Date of Original:
1966
1967
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Civil rights leaders meeting with Governor George Wallace in his office at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after the 20th anniversary reenactment of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:
Jones, Ed
Date of Original:
1985-03-07
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

George Wallace making his "stand in the schoolhouse door" at the University of Alabama, attempting to prevent the integration of the school.

Creator:
Hopper, Jack
Date of Original:
1963-06-11
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

George Wallace making his "stand in the schoolhouse door" at the University of Alabama, attempting to prevent the integration of the school.

Creator:
Hopper, Jack
Date of Original:
1963-06-11
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

George Wallace making his "stand in the schoolhouse door" at the University of Alabama, attempting to prevent the integration of the school.

Creator:
Adams, Robert
Date of Original:
1963-06-11
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

George Wallace making his "stand in the schoolhouse door" at the University of Alabama, attempting to prevent the integration of the school.

Creator:
Hopper, Jack
Date of Original:
1963-06-11
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

George Wallace making his "stand in the schoolhouse door" at the University of Alabama, attempting to prevent the integration of the school.

Creator:
Adams, Robert
Date of Original:
1963-06-11
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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--'Slousy, George! How's business on your beat?-- / Baldy, [1964 Aug. 25]

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1964-08-25
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

--After the blast, men, it will be punch and cookies at the school house door! / Baldy, [1968 Feb. 21].

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1968-02-21
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

--An' T.V. Williams, Secretary of th' Treasury-- An Cheney-- He ain't doin' nothin'! / Baldy, 1968

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1968
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

--An' T.V. Williams, Secretary of the Treasury-- An' Cheney!-- He ain't doin' nuthin! / Baldy, [1968]

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1968
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

--And, General, We'll throw good conduct medal to go with the Vice Presidency!-- Whatcha think? / Baldy, [1968]

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1968
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

--Aw, c'mon George, ain't we had enough! / Baldy, 1963 [Aug. 20].

Creator:
Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
Date of Original:
1963-08-20
Collection:
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Men and women walking on sidewalk in protest, including man holding American flag and sign inscribed "...Says NO to Racist Wallace" and another sign inscribed "N.A.A.C.P. Against Bigotry and Wallace" outside of Harp & Crown and Penn-Sheraton Hotel

Creator:
Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:
1964/1976
Collection:
Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:
Carnegie Museum of Art

Men protesting on sidewalk outside of Shapero's, including two men in center wearing hats and overcoats, some carrying signs reading "Bedfellows make strange politics" and "Wallace & King...", downtown

Creator:
Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:
1950/1970
Collection:
Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:
Carnegie Museum of Art

Men women and children protesting Alabama Governor George Wallace in front the Harp and Crown

Creator:
Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:
1960/1970
Collection:
Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:
Carnegie Museum of Art

Men, including James McCoy on right end, and women, outside Freedom House with sign in window "Black Citizens for Democracy Headquarters" protesting George Wallace

Creator:
Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:
1965/1975
Collection:
Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:
Carnegie Museum of Art

Picketers outside of the Penn Sheraton Hotel protesting Alabama Governor George Wallace's visit to Pittsburgh

Creator:
Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:
1963/1972
Collection:
Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:
Carnegie Museum of Art

A ROTC review

Date of Original:
1963/1966
Collection:
Educational Media Photo Collection
Contributing Institution:
William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

Allen--Freedom School mimeo materials 1963-64 (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Archives Main Stacks, M85-013, Folder 1)

Creator:
Allen, Pamela, P., 1943-
Date of Original:
1967/1974
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Allen--Newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletters and reports, and 1964 correspondence (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Z: Accessions, M85-587, Folder 3)

Creator:
Allen, Pamela P., 1943-
Date of Original:
1967/1974
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Belfrage--Diary and notes, 1964, June-August (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 4)

Creator:
Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Bernard-- Joel Bernard correspondence, 1964-1966 (Jacqueline Bernard papers, 1964-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 230, Box 1, Folder 1)

Creator:
Bernard, Jacqueline
Date of Original:
1964/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Braden--Mississippi 1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15)

Creator:
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Braden--Mississippi 1964 (continued) (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 56, Folder 1)

Creator:
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975.
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Grace W. Thomas oral history interview, 1979 January 10

Creator:
Thomas, Grace W.
Date of Original:
1979-01-10
Collection:
Georgia Government Documentation Project
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Jimmy Carter oral history interview, 1987 February 17

Creator:
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Date of Original:
1987-02-17
Collection:
Georgia Government Documentation Project
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Lester Maddox oral history interviews, 1988 November 22 and 1989 July 26

Creator:
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
Date of Original:
1988-11-22
1989-07-26
Collection:
Georgia Government Documentation Project
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Oral history interview with David Gambrell, 1992 September 21

Creator:
Gambrell, David Henry, 1929-
Date of Original:
1992-09-21
Collection:
Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
Contributing Institution:
University of West Georgia. Special Collections

Oral history interview with Herman Talmadge, 1986 April 28

Creator:
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Date of Original:
1986-04-28
Collection:
Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
Contributing Institution:
University of West Georgia. Special Collections

Yvonne Tweddle interview with Sam Shirah (part one)

Creator:
Tweddle, Yvonne
Shirah, Sam, 1943-1980
Date of Original:
1967
2019
Collection:
John Burrison Georgia Folklore Archives Collection
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Roy V. Harris (1895-1985)

Creator:
Huff, Christopher Allen
Date of Original:
2007-06-28
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Oral history interview with Arthur Shores, July 17, 1974

Creator:
Shores, Arthur D. (Arthur Davis), 1904-1996
Date of Original:
1974-07-17
Collection:
Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)

Oral history interview with Herman Talmadge, July 29 and August 1, 1975

Creator:
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Date of Original:
1975-07-29/1975-08-01
Collection:
Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)

Oral history interview with Howell Heflin, July 9, 1974

Creator:
Heflin, Howell
Date of Original:
1974-07-09
Collection:
Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)

Oral history interview with Richard Arrington, July 18, 1974

Creator:
Arrington, Richard
Date of Original:
1974-07-18
Collection:
Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)

Oral history interview with U. W. Clemon, July 17, 1974

Creator:
Clemon, U. W., 1943-
Date of Original:
1974-07-17
Collection:
Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)

Oral history interview with Herman Talmadge, July 29 and August 1, 1975

Creator:
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Date of Original:
1975-07-29/1975-08-01
Collection:
Oral histories of the American South (Georgia selections)
Contributing Institution:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library

Tape #2, Afternoon, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm; Tues, Morning session, Sullivan am

Creator:
Mississippi State AFL-CIO
Date of Original:
1970-07-27
Collection:
Southern Labor Archives
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1964-01-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1965-06-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1965-01-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1962-05-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1962-11-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1958-06-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries
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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of African American and white demonstrators holding American flags and signs denouncing Governor George Wallace for his stance on labor, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960s

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1960/1969
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Isabell [sic] Cerney holding an American flag and a sign denouncing Governor George Wallace at a demonstration in Atlanta, Georgia, 1960s

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1960/1969
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a group of African American and white males standing behind an illegible protest sign, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960s

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1960/1969
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a man carrying a protest sign that reads "Maddox and the Legislature are Geo. Wallace's lackies" on the sidewalk in front of the Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960s

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1960/1969
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a woman holding a sign that reads "The Governors Wallace do not speak for the south" while speaking into a microphone held by a reporter during a demonstration in Atlanta, Georgia, 1960s

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1960/1969
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of an elderly woman holding a sign that reads "The Governors Wallace do not speak for labor" during a demonstration in Atlanta, Georgia, 1960s

Creator:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:
1960/1969
Collection:
Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
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George C. Wallace at Columbia Hotel

Creator:
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Date of Original:
1964-06-26
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library

George Wallace arrives at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport

Creator:
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Date of Original:
1968-09-14
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library

George Wallace arrives at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport

Creator:
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Date of Original:
1968-09-14
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library

George Wallace arrives to campaign in Columbia

Creator:
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Roberts, Maxie
Date of Original:
1967-11-18
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library

George Wallace arrives to campaign in Columbia

Creator:
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Roberts, Maxie
Date of Original:
1967-11-18
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library

George Wallace campaign arrives at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport

Creator:
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Date of Original:
1968-09-14
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library
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Governor George Wallace attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama

Creator:
Leffler, Warren K.
Date of Original:
1963-06-11
Collection:
Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:
Library of Congress

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Alabama governor and presidential candidate George Wallace addressing the "American Patriots" rally at Lakewood Park, Atlanta, Georgia, 1964 July 4

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1964-07-04
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of former Mississippi governor Ross Barnett addressing the "American Patriots" rally at Lakewood Park, followed by silent clips that include Alabama governor and presidential candidate George Wallace, and Lester Maddox, Atlanta, Georgia, 1964 July 4

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1964-07-04
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WALLACE CONDEMNS KENNEDY FOR LACK OF CONTROL OF CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS IN THE UNITED STATES (1963)

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1963
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Alabama governor Georgia C. Wallace standing in the doorway to prevent registration of African American students at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1963 June 11

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1963-06-11
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Alabama state court trial judge George C. Wallace about a case involving the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Montgomery, Alabama, 1959 January 26

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1959-01-26
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Atlanta Junior College students who want charges against students dropped and an attorney comments on the situation, Atlanta, Georgia, 1978 June 22

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1978-06-22
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
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Interview with Arthur D. Shores, 1984 June 28

Creator:
Shores, Arthur D. (Arthur Davis), 1904-1996
Date of Original:
1984-06-28
Collection:
Working Lives Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

Interview with Ella Pegues, 1984 August 22

Creator:
Pegues, Ella, 1903-
Date of Original:
1984-08-22
Collection:
Working Lives Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

Interview with James Nar Williams, 1983 March 2

Creator:
Williams, James
Date of Original:
1983-03-02
Collection:
Working Lives Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
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Durham Civil Rights Heritage Project

Date of Original:
2003/9999
Collection:
Durham Civil Rights Heritage Project
Contributing Institution:
Durham County (N.C.). Library

Burke Marshall

Date of Original:
1961/1962
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
WGBH Educational Foundation