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re: Why Did Bear Bryant Wait Seven Years to Integrate Bama Football?
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:52 pm to DWag215
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:52 pm to DWag215
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DWag215
I think you're underestimating the influence that Wallace actually had. In 1968 he ran for president still preaching segregation and received 10 million votes.
Just 14 years later he ran for governor in Alabama and received nearly 100% of the black vote. He won the 10 majority black counties by a 2 to 1 margin.
He was the consummate stereotypical politician. He could sell anybody a line of bullshite that they would believe.
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Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:58 pm to Evolved Simian
Perhaps I am.
It's just hard to conceive a world where the governor of Alabama could oppose Nick Saban on some critical issue that affects the football team yet still be popular within the state.
By that time he had also publicly renounced racism and apologized to the black community.
It's not like he was campaigning on the same platform. But I get your point. That he was even able to garner a substantial portion of black votes despite his history is pretty telling.
It's just hard to conceive a world where the governor of Alabama could oppose Nick Saban on some critical issue that affects the football team yet still be popular within the state.
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Just 14 years later he ran for governor in Alabama and received nearly 100% of the black vote. He won the 10 majority black counties by a 2 to 1 margin.
By that time he had also publicly renounced racism and apologized to the black community.
It's not like he was campaigning on the same platform. But I get your point. That he was even able to garner a substantial portion of black votes despite his history is pretty telling.
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