August 25: George Corley Wallace is born in Clio ... Jr., delivers his "I have a dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial to the 250,000 people gathered for the peaceful March on Washington.

Determined to "outnigger" the opposition in his 1962 bid for governor, George Wallace turned to the politics of race with a new fiery speechwriter, Asa Carter. Carter, a right-wing radio announcer ...