Which Alabama governor promoted segregation and ran for president?

Which Alabama governor promoted segregation and ran for president?

• A. Lyndon Johnson
• B. Orval Faubus
• C. George Wallace
• D. Hubert Humphrey

Answer: (C)

This item asks you to identify a political figure who embodied Southern resistance to desegregation and also sought the presidency. George Wallace, Alabama’s governor, became a national symbol for promoting segregation, famously pledging “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” during the fight to integrate the University of Alabama in 1963. He later ran for president in 1968 as the candidate of the American Independent Party, appealing to voters who opposed civil rights advances. The other figures were not Alabama governors promoting segregation: Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey supported civil rights, and Orval Faubus was the Arkansas governor who resisted integration there, not in Alabama. Thus, George Wallace is the figure described.

This item asks you to identify a political figure who embodied Southern resistance to desegregation and also sought the presidency. George Wallace, Alabama’s governor, became a national symbol for promoting segregation, famously pledging “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” during the fight to integrate the University of Alabama in 1963. He later ran for president in 1968 as the candidate of the American Independent Party, appealing to voters who opposed civil rights advances. The other figures were not Alabama governors promoting segregation: Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey supported civil rights, and Orval Faubus was the Arkansas governor who resisted integration there, not in Alabama. Thus, George Wallace is the figure described.