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Free Speech Is Not, Repeat Not a Hate Crime – By / May 14 2017
In 1963, George Wallace was elected governor of Alabama on a segregationist platform.
At his gubernatorial inaugural address, he famously said that he supported “ segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”
He went on to serve two non-consecutive terms (1963-1967, 1983-1987) and two consecutive terms (1971-79). In all, he was governor a little over 16 years in total, becoming the third longest serving governor in post-Constitutional U.S. history.
In 1963, the Harvard-Radcliffe Democratic Club invited Wallace to speak at the University. Harvard students then as now rejected George Wallace’s views, but allowed him to speak—no protests, no threats of violence.
Some people argued that he should not be invited, while others said, in the words of one member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Democratic Club, “We should have a chance to see for ourselves the dancing bear.” Those who did not want to attend the speech did not do so, but they did not block the entrance of those who wanted to see for themselves
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