Governor Lurleen Wallace addressing a joint session of the legislature in the House chamber at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
Albert Brewer is behind her. Brewer was lieutenant governor (and therefore president of the Senate) from 1967 to 1968. The session was held to discuss the federal court order requiring statewide school desegregation. The governor had asked the legislators to give her the power to resist the order, s...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/4731 |