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Witness History: The George Wallace Assassination Attempt

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15/05/2017 GMT

The George Wallace Assassination Attempt

BBC World Service - Witness History, The George Wallace Assassination Attempt

How one of America's most controversial politicians was shot while running for president.

How one of America's most controversial politicians was shot while running for president in 1972.

In May 1972, the controversial American populist politician, George Wallace, was shot while running for President of the United States. The governor of Alabama had made his name as a supporter of segregation during the civil rights era. Simon Watts talks to his son, George Wallace Junior, author of "Governor George Wallace - The Man You Never Knew"

PHOTO: Governor George Wallace, in 1963, rejecting a federal government order to allow black students into the University of Alabama (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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