Object Details
- Artist
- Jerome Liebling, 24 Apr 1924 - 27 Jul 2011
- Sitter
- George Corley Wallace, 25 Aug 1919 - 13 Sep 1998
- Exhibition Label
- George Wallace, the former governor of Alabama, entered the 1968 presidential race as a long shot. He ran as an independent whose only chance of success was to send the election into the House of Representatives. Wallace campaigned on the pledge of “law and order,” a theme many Americans welcomed amidst the national mood of riotous dissention and protest. Yet he avoided all discussion of race or civil rights, talking instead about “defending the integrity of neighborhoods and neighborhood schools.” This was code for keeping segregation in place, in spite of progressive trends and laws to uproot it. In the election, Wallace trailed Republican Richard Nixon and Democrat Hubert Humphrey by wide margins. Nevertheless, he was not dissuaded from campaigning for the Democratic nomination in 1972 and 1976.
- George Wallace, pasado gobernador de Alabama, entró en la contienda presidencial de 1968 con pocas probabilidades de ganar. Como candidato independiente, su cuya única oportunidad estaba en que, si ningún candidato obtenía la mayoría, la Cámara de Representantes tendría que elegir al presidente. Wallace hizo campaña prometiendo “ley y orden”, tema que muchos acogieron dado el ambiente de disensiones, protestas y revueltas que reinaba en el país. Sin embargo, evitó toda discusión sobre asuntos raciales y derechos civiles, hablando en cambio de “defender la integridad de los vecindarios y sus escuelas”. Con esto quería decir que mantendría la segregación a pesar de las tendencias y leyes progresistas que intentaban abolirla. El día de la elección, Wallace quedó rezagado tras el republicano Richard Nixon y el
- demócrata Hubert Humphrey por amplio margen. Esto no evitó que hiciera campaña nuevamente por la nominación demócrata en 1972 y 1976.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1968
- Object number
- NPG.92.59
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Jerome Liebling
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 39.5 x 49.5 cm (15 9/16 x 19 1/2")
- Sheet: 40.6 x 50.5 cm (16 x 19 7/8")
- Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone
- Interior\Performing Arts\Theatrical\Stage
- Music\Musical instrument\Guitar
- George Corley Wallace: Male
- George Corley Wallace: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- George Corley Wallace: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
- George Corley Wallace: Law and Crime\Person affected by crime
- George Corley Wallace: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\Alabama
- George Corley Wallace: Politics and Government\Government official\State Legislator\Alabama
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.92.59
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4534f1c27-afe2-42e5-a81b-f02ff031a9a7
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