WALLACE, GEORGE


Meaning of WALLACE, GEORGE in English

Wallace, George BrE AmE

(1919–98) a US politician in the ↑ Democratic Party who was Governor of Alabama for most of the period between 1963 and 1987. He is often considered to be ↑ racist because he supported ↑ segregation . He was shot in 1972, when he was trying to be chosen to represent the Democratic Party in the election for President, and after that he had to use a ↑ wheelchair .

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