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An Apparent Contrast

Item

Title
An Apparent Contrast
Issue Date
17 January 1963
Issue
Vol. 69, No. 14
Description
Written after the inauguration of Alabama's new attorney general, Richmond Flowers, and its new governor, George Wallace.

It contrasts the men's attitudes regarding the potential integration of Alabama schools. It references the integration-related rioting at the University of Mississippi of the previous year and quotes from Wallace's inauguration speech, in which he promised "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
Related Content
"The Inaugural Address of Governor George C. Wallace, January 14, 1963, Montgomery Alabama," pre-released typescript
Digitized item (Alabama Department of Archives and History)