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The Wallace Movement
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Item Title The Wallace Movement
Guest Perez, Leander (1891-1969)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedApril 15, 1968
Description

We met George Wallace himself a few weeks ago (Firing Line #88); now that he has officially declared his candidacy, we meet one of his leading supporters. Listening to Judge Perez, born in Louisiana in 1891 and a specimen of one strain of the Old South, helps us, if we can stand it, to understand what men like Hodding Carter had been fighting against. LP: "First I would like to make a comment on Mr. Buckley's introduction, because there are a couple of notable errors. In the first place, I am not a racist. I might mention I am against the Federal Government using its coercive power to force racial integration upon an unwilling free people... " WFB: "Well, ... have you been widely misquoted? For instance, you're quoted as having said, 'Yes, the Negro is inherently immoral-yes, I think it's the brain capacity.' Is that a misquotation?" LP: "It's not a misquotation. It's the truth." WFB: "Uh-huh" LP: "Because I know Negroes. We have a number of Negroes in our community, and I know that basically and mentally they are immoral."

Language(s)
Country of Origin
Place RecordedNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
DimensionsDuration: 50 minutes
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram 095
Record Number80040.95
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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