Question

"In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny . . . and I say . . . segregation today . . . segregation tomorrow . . . segregation forever. The Washington, D.C. school riot report is disgusting and revealing. We will not sacrifice our children to any such type school system—and you can write that down. The federal troops in Mississippi could be better used guarding the safety of the citizens of Washington, D.C., where it is even unsafe to walk or go to a ballgame—and that is the nation's capitol. I was safer in a B-29 bomber over Japan during the war in an air raid, than the people of Washington are walking to the White House neighborhood. A closer example is Atlanta. The city officials fawn for political reasons over school integration and THEN build barricades to stop residential integration—what hypocrisy!" —Alabama Governor George Wallace, inaugural address, 1963 In his inaugural address, which opinion does Wallace present?

Answer 1

In his inaugural address, Wallace holds the opinion that Alabama should continue to be segregated.

This is evident from the first part of the quote in which he proclaims that he is in favor of "segregation today...segregation tomorrow...segregation forever." At this time, the US federal government was enforcing the ruling of different Supreme Court cases that ruled segregation in public facilities was illegal. This includes the famous Brown vs. Board of Education case. Governor Wallace is going to try to stop this integration at the University of Alabama, as he feels the federal government it's abusing its power by forcing integration in public universities.