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ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ON THIS DAY

The Wallace Shooting and George Wallace Fight Back Life

During an outdoor rally in Laurel, Maryland on May 15, 1972,
George Wallace, the governor of Alabama and a presidential
candidate, was shot by 21-year-old Arthur Bremer. Three
others were wounded, and  Wallace was left paralyzed from
the waist down.

The next day, while fighting for his life in a hospital, he won
major primary victories in

Michigan and Maryland. On June 8, Shirley Chisholm, the
first Black woman elected to Congress and one of Wallace’s
opponents for the Democratic nomination,
famously visited
him in the
hospital
to wish him well. He remained in the
hospital for several months, bringing his third presidential
campaign to an irrevocable end.

Gun used to shoot former Alabama Gov. George Wallace to be auctioned - New York Daily News

Gunman Who Shot Wallace Is to Be Freed - The New York Times

Arthur Bremer - Facts, Bio, Favorites, Info, Family 2021 | Sticky Facts
Arthur Herman Bremer will be 73 August
21.

After 35 years of incarceration, Bremer was
released from prison on November 9, 2007.

GEORGE WALLACE Alabama Governor Pro Segregation Politician SHOT 1972 Newspaper

Arthur Bremer - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
George Corley Wallace Jr.
(August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998)

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