As Hate-Mongers Go, George Wallace Was a Novice Compared to Trump

[Frances]

3. I was a Senior in high school the first time Wallace ran for governor

Wallace said he lost that race because John Patterson out-segged him. Wallace made sure that didn’t happen in the next election.
I hated the hate mongering, but, unlike Trump, Wallace did things that were designed to help poorer whites. These things helped blacks too. For example, Wallace pushed legislation for the state to pay for books for grades 7-12. I remember my father saying the principal of the black school telling him most of his students didn’t have books, which they did get while Wallace was governor.
Wallace raised the salaries of teachers. I made $3700 for the school year 1963-1964. If I had started teaching the year before I would have made $3000.
Wallace opened a number of 2 year colleges so people could live at home and get 2 years of college. Many white and black students would not have gone beyond high school if it had not been for those 2 yesr colleges.
I absolutely hated hearing Wallace give his hateful speeches but his policies were so much better than Trump’s