George C Wallace: The Fighting Little Judge

George C Wallace also known as “the fighting little judge” was born in the state of alabama in 1919, grew up as a farmer and took boxing when he was a young boy. He later than went to the university of alabama for law and graduated with a law degree in 1942. After school, he decided he wanted to join the u.s army air corps and fought in the world war 2 and then later being disabled from war. He fought in the war but then decided to return home to his wife and start his political life again. He was elected to the alabama state legislature. Wallace tried running for president three times which unfortunately for him he didn't win any of them. Which is probably a great idea considering he is a racist and wanted segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. He …show more content…
In 1972 Wallace ran as a democrat, later Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer which then made Wallace paralyzed below the waist for the rest of his life but continued the election and lost the election to richard nixon. He lived a couple year paralyzed and then eventually died from heart problems in 1998 at the age of 79. I decided to include him because of his ideas of segregation and how he felt black people shouldn't be allowed to have any rights such as voting. This is where Malcolm x comes along. He was a powerful motivator speaker for the Nation of islam. He wanted to have a voice for the black nation. He fought for civil rights and any other common rights for every american in america. He got inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm did not one bit like segregation, he wanted to fight for his rights using non-violence but if it comes down to it “ by any means necessary” he will fight back with his group defending themselves from white aggression. Malcolm chose “X” because he wanted to reject his slave name. Malcolms ancestors were forced to be part of slavery, along with a bunch of other african