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Additional Reading
Biographies include Stephan Lesher, George Wallace: American Populist (1994); Dan T. Carter, The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics (1995); and Marshall Frady, Wallace (1996). Jeff Frederick, Stand Up for Alabama: Governor George Wallace (2007), focuses on Wallace’s political life in Alabama.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: NPR - The Legacy of George Wallace. | Jul 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UAB Digital Commons - The Forgotten Liber gotten Liberal Years: Geor ears: George Wallace's Time as an s Time as an Alabama State Representative (PDF). | Oct 28, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 09, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Audio - Witness History - The George Wallace Assassination Attempt. | Jun 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - The Legacy of George Wallace. | Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - George Wallace on segregation, 1964 (PDF). | Dec 19, 2024 | ||
| Optimized caption, added reference to list of assassinations and attempts on presidents and presidential candidates. | Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The History Makers - George Wallace. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - George Corley Wallace. | Aug 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Governors Association - George Corley Wallace. | Jun 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of George Wallace Jr. | Jun 20, 2022 | ||
| Revised the introductory statement to include the years he served as governor of Alabama. | Mar 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford University - The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute - George Corley Wallace, Jr. | May 13, 2021 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. | Sep 25, 2020 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Nov 17, 2017 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Sep 18, 2017 | ||
| Changed article title from George C. Wallace to George Wallace. | Sep 30, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Governors Association - Biography of George Corley Wallace. | May 29, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - George Wallace. | Jun 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Alabama - Biography of George C. Wallace. | Jun 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of George Wallace. | Jun 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alabama Department of Archives and History - Biography of George C. Wallace. | May 25, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ReligionFacts - Christianity. | May 25, 2011 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Apr 01, 1999 |
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