Alabama Gov. George Wallace was an infamous figure in American politics, even inspiring a lyric in Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" Meredith Kile is a Digital News Writer-Editor at PEOPLE. She ...

Wallace, in his first term as governor, was revered by most white Alabamians because he vowed to preserve racial segregation and stand up against the “pointy-head” elites, the federal judges, and the ...