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Newsmen See Alabama through Wallace tour of ordinary life
Forty eight editors and reporters from across the country toured Alabama at Gov George Wallace inviting them to witness the ordinary Alabama. They visited Birmingham and Cullman Decatur and Selma to gauge industry and civil rights progress while considering claims of distorted national reporting. Opinions varied among participants including segregationists and reporters from California Ohio and South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Biggers III
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
National
Selma
Montgomery
Birmingham
16Th Street Baptist Church
Detroit
Eir
Cullman
Decatur
Alexander Bodi
Palo Alto
Calif
Bodi
Phillip Scheier
The
Maiden
Mass
Scheier
Warren
Ohio
South Carolina
Hart
W. G. Howell
Aiken, S. C
Decatur Daily
Ehon
South
Associated Press
Thomas G. Waring
Charleston
S.C
News and Courier
Chamber of Commerce
Malcolm Epley
Long Beach
Independent Press-Telegram
Nathan Brooks
Chicago National Defender