Saturday, June 18, 2022

George Wallace in Wisconsin: Top 10 counties with highest and lowest percentage of votes for Alabama segregationist in 1968 presidential election


Source:  Wikipedia

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Hubing, a local history teacher, conceived this project during his graduate studies in history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. While reading James N. Gregory's "The Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migration of Black and White Southerners Transformed America," Hubing learned about a Wallace rally at Serb Hall packed full of white, working-class supporters. That led him to study how a leading Southern segregationist found substantial support in this Northern state.


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