History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1978 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Segregation Forever
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The idea
At his inauguration in January nineteen sixty-three, Alabama governor George Wallace declared segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever, Digital History records.
In practice
A governor drawing, in his own words, a line in the dust.
Where people slip
Wallace would carry five southern states as a presidential candidate in nineteen sixty-eight, the anchor records.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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