Forwarded from TIL (Timeline I Learned)
TIL that despite infamously campaigning on "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever," Alabama governor George Wallace later renounced segregationism, publicly apologized to the black community, and appointed record numbers of African Americans to state positions and his cabinet.
[Source, Comments]
[Source, Comments]
๐ฅฐ2
TIL (Timeline I Learned)
TIL that despite infamously campaigning on "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever," Alabama governor George Wallace later renounced segregationism, publicly apologized to the black community, and appointed record numbers of African Americansโฆ
Sometimes what leads people to be a better version of themselves is being the target of a failed assassination attempt
๐ฅ1