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American Experience: George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire

Grade Levels:	9 - 13+
Core Subject(s):	Social Studies
Website:	http://www.uen.org/dms/
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• Part 01

  To many, George Wallace was the embodiment of racism in America. To others, he was a champion of Southern pride and a defender of the working class. He rose to power as the nation's best-known segregationist in the early 1960s, but later in his career he was elected governor of Alabama with overwhelming black support. He battled his way into the national spotlight and came close to deadlocking the 1968 presidential election as a third-party candidate -- then was shot down by a would-be assassin on the eve of his greatest political victory.

  Length:	01:26:38

• Part 02

  To many, George Wallace was the embodiment of racism in America. To others, he was a champion of Southern pride and a defender of the working class. He rose to power as the nation's best-known segregationist in the early 1960s, but later in his career he was elected governor of Alabama with overwhelming black support. He battled his way into the national spotlight and came close to deadlocking the 1968 presidential election as a third-party candidate -- then was shot down by a would-be assassin on the eve of his greatest political victory.

  Length:	01:26:33

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