"Down below we saw a sea of blue – Alabama state troopers." Then-Alabama Gov. George Wallace, the staunch segregationist, ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 6, 1965 (UPI) --Gov. George C. Wallace announced Saturday he would not let Negroes march from Selma to Montgomery Sunday, but integration leaders said that if state police ...
"Down below we saw a sea of blue – Alabama state troopers." Then-Alabama Gov. George Wallace, the staunch segregationist, sent state troopers to quash the march. "You are ordered to disperse," Maj.