I was doing radio in St. Ignace (1968) WIDG when fellow DJ and news man Tom Loughridge told me George Wallace was coming to Escanaba, Mi..the U.P, eh. to continue his quest for President of the United States and will be doing a news conference ... I had pretty long hair at that time because not only was he a racist he didn't like hippies or young liberal people. He had said in one of his speeches that if they got in front of his limo he would instruct the driver to run them over so I was a bit concerned.
What I noticed right away was how short he was...I stood right next to him. I thought (one does not have to be a big man in stature to be powerful) We asked him a few questions, he was polite and never even noticed or mentioned my hair. He was there to push his agenda.
After he was shot years later, and could not walk anymore he continued on for a while. He did change his thinking as years went on. Apologized for pushing segregation. Went into all black churches and did speeches saying how wrong his thinking was. That took a lot of courage.
This is a long read...but very good in my opinion...
Joe
PS..This is political...
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