Oral history interview with Gov. George Wallace, July 15, 1974
Subtitle: interview A-024, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: De Vries, Walter, interviewer; Bass, Jack, interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Politics and government; Race relations; Economic conditions; Press and politics; Segregation; Democratic Party (Ala.); Republican Party (Ala.)
Other titles: Interview A-024, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Gov. George Wallace, July 15, 1974; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Longstanding Alabama governor and former presidential candidate George Wallace discusses Alabama politics and racial issues in the American south. Wallace speaks at length about the alienation of politicians from a majority of Americans, and explains that his success is due to his effective reconnection with this frustrated constituency. Race plays a significant role in this interview, with Wallace defending his opposition to civil rights legislation by saying he did so on behalf of states' rights and asserting that Alabama has much to offer its African American citizens. He also offers a number of insights on the state of southern politics, the region's increasing penetration into the national political consciousness, and his rehabilitation as a politician after his 1968 presidential run and an assassination attempt.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on September 27, 2007).

Interview participants: Gov. George Wallace, interviewee; Evan, interviewee; Walter De Vries, interviewer; Jack Bass, interviewer.

Duration: 01:39:59.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series A, Southern politics, interview A-024, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Linda Killen. Original transcript: 47 p.

Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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