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Wallace Apology Will Not Be His Legacy (280)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Former Alabama Governor George Wallace will be remembered for his segregationist policies, not for the political conversion and spiritual redemption which marked his later years, a University of Tennessee historian said Monday. Dr. Robert J. Norrell, who holds UT-Knoxville’s Bernadotte Schmitt Chair of Excellence in history, said Wallace’s legacy will always be