James Browning Allen was an American Democratic politician serving as U.S. senator representing Alabama. Allen previously served as the lieutenant governor of Alabama and also served in the Alabama Le
Official portrait, c. 1963
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George Corley Wallace Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who was the 45th and longest-serving governor of Alabama, and the longest-serving governor from the Democratic Party. Wallace unsuccessf
James Allen (Alabama politician)
…Governor to be elected more than once. During his second term as Lieutenant Governor, Allen developed a strong political partnership with Governor George Wallace. He was an advocate of racial segregation, and opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In 1964, he met Maryon Pittman…
Official portrait, 1962
Wallace was born in Clio, Alabama (seen here in 2011).
Wallace standing against desegregation while being confronted by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach at the University of Alabama in 1963
Wallace addressing an audience at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey