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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