Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story of George and Lurleen Wallace is one of the most peculiar in U.S. political history, involving a failed divorce, a ...

Jesse Jackson was furious over injustice. He was also full of hope. His funeral was a reminder that the two were never meant to be separated.

So Wallace’s wife, Lurleen Wallace, ran for governor in his stead, explicitly stating that her husband would stay in control. Her name appeared on the ballot as “Mrs. George C. Wallace,” and she won ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The man who managed former Alabama Governor George Wallace’s presidential campaigns, has died. Charles Samuel “Charlie” Snider Sr., managed Gov. Wallace’s 1972 and 1976 ...

MAY 24, 1963-- U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy on this date sought an injunction to prevent Gov. George Wallace from fulfilling his promise of preventing black students from enrolling at The ...

I read with interest the article titled “Five moments in Alabama that shaped (Jesse) Jackson's legacy” by Jennifer Lindahl, and believe that one more occasion might be added. On a hot July afternoon ...

Alabama Gov. George Wallace was an infamous figure in American politics, even inspiring a lyric in Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" The story of George and Lurleen Wallace is one of the most ...

Lurleen Wallace, standing beside husband George Wallace, smiles at her inauguration as Alabama governor in 1967 It's a karaoke standard and a beloved anthem in dive bars everywhere. But the American ...