August 25: George Corley Wallace is born in Clio ... but by a desire to become famous. Following the shooting, Wallace wins primaries in Maryland, Michigan, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

“We were young and idealistic,” Ruth recalled. “And we loved George for his enthusiasms.” In the late 1940s and 1950s, Wallace eschewed extremism. He refused to join the Dixiecrat ...

Determined to "outnigger" the opposition in his 1962 bid for governor, George Wallace turned to the politics of race with a new fiery speechwriter, Asa Carter. Carter, a right-wing radio announcer ...