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Wallac e appoints black to new Alabama cabinet
Governor George C. Wallace, who once championed segregation, appoints Jesse J. Lewis, publisher of the Birmingham Times, as coordinator for highway and traffic safety in a historic cabinet move. Lewis, 48, vows service to all Alabama residents and says his race is incidental to his qualifications.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Birmingham
Jesse J. Lewis
Lewis
Birmingham Times
Col
Bob Simpson
Chicago
Newsmen
Tuscaloosa
Miles College
University of Alabama
New York University
Helen
James E. Lewis
Jesse J. Lewis Jr
John Carroll High School
Tuskegee
Frank Bros
Maurice Frank
United States
Ron Frank
Maurice
Edison
P.O
Rosemead