George Wallace

An Alabama university is removing the name of a former governor from one of its campus buildings.The University of Alabama at Birmingham removed George…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, received an honorary doctorate…

APR commentator Steve Flowers often talks about Alabama governors, U.S. senators and other political heavy hitters, but not every person who wields…

John Patterson had been attorney general of Alabama at age 29. Wallace was making his first foray in the race for governor and so was Patterson. But…

When Wallace was elected in his last term as governor, I was elected my first term in legislature. Ironically, my district included Wallace's hometown of…

Ryan Degraffenried was going to win the governor's race, but of course, he died in a plane crash while campaigning; after Degraffenried's plane crash and…

Nobody will ever be governor of Alabama four or five times again. Wallace was in a class by himself when it came to politicians...

George Wallace was a legislative genius and master who used his skills to move most of his programs through the legislature. He knew the art of wooing and…

The words "political animal" were coined with George Wallace in mind; when you couple his desire with a unique, God-given ability to campaign, you have…

When George Wallace graduated from law school in 1942, the only job he could find was driving a dump truck for the state highway department in…