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Wallace is remembered for his Southern dixiecrat and pro-segregation "Jim Crow" positions during the mid-20th century period of the Civil Rights Movement, declaring in his 1963 Inaugural Address that he stood for "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever", and standing in front of the entrance of the University of Alabama in an attempt to stop the enrollment of black students. He eventually renounced segregation. Wallace survived an assassination attempt in Laurel, Maryland in 1972, perpetrated by Arthur Bremer, but remained wheelchair-bound until his death in 1998. Information Sourced from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. George Wallace, the Democratic Governor of Alabama, in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two African American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood. In response, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 11111, which federalized the Alabama National Guard, and Guard General Henry Graham then commanded Wallace to step aside, saying, "Sir, it is my sad duty to ask you to step aside under the orders of the President of the United States." Wallace then spoke further, but eventually moved, and Malone and Hood completed their registration. The incident brought Wallace into the national spotlight Information Sourced From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963, when four members of the Ku Klux Klan planted at least 15 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing marked a turning point in the United States during the Civil Rights Movement and contributed to support for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Information Sourced From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing Body Sourced From; https://youtu.be/wLkCY0f73iE Public Access America 
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Civil Rights movements were being sparked all over the place in the 1960s due to gross injustices against the African American population. Brave people from black communities were sick of the treatment and started to protest and speak out. Their courage gave effective attention to the cause. Ironically though some of the most impactful moments were created by those seeking to prevent equal rights. A man by the name of George Wallace was among a group that would do anything to keep the United States segregated even as lawfully it moved towards becoming more desegregated. His position as the governor of Alabama helped the issue reach high government level. He sought to take down a race, that his protest only helped raise awareness for. George Wallace was elected governor of Alabama in 1963. A scary reality for African Americans seeing as he led his campaign off the message of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." He was an extreme segregationist who had the power to make his opinions realities with his political office. His inaugural address highlighted his fight for white supremacy. He fought to keep Alabama a separated state, that had no future of changing. In the beginning of his address he thanked the small town that allowed for him to take his first political foot holdings. He than turned to preach that he shall “do my duty to you, God helping . . . to every man, to every woman . . . yes, to every child in this state. I shall fulfill my duty toward honesty and economy in our State government so that no man shall have a part of his livelihood cheated and no child shall have a bit of his future stolen away. “ Ironically he preached this as he pursued to take away the futures of all black children. He was cheating away the lives of all the people he sought to segregate. But he believed that he was only doing right by these people by continually demoralizing them. And demoralize, he did, so much in fact that one day he decided to block two black students from enrolling at Alabama University. The act he performed is often referred to as the “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door” because that is exactly what he did. He physically stood in front of the doorway to the admissions office at the pubic university, blocking Vivian Malone and James A. Hoods entrance. His act caught the attention of the President who sent the attorney general to halt his humiliating protest. Wallace was not an easy target. He quickly spit back to the general’s orders, sent by and signed by the President of the United States, citing his “obstruction of justice.” He tried to counter “the enforcement of a court order” that he was aware of. He was asked to “not bar entrance to these students.” It probably frightened him that when the general spoke of “students” he didn’t attach the word black in front. Wallace was a small minded man, with a racist southern outlook that was not uncommon for his time. Wallace demanded that they were trying to “Subordinate the rights of Alabama and millions of Americans,” also adding that “there has been no legislative action by congress justifying this intrusion.” What he referenced as an intrusion, was actually a lawful attempt to stop his childlike protest. He stood alone, all other protests were followed by millions. He stood with words while others stood with meaning.