Here, by video tape,is the encounter by General Graham, commanderof the National Guard, and Governor Wallace.

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Their path was blocked by then Alabama Governor George Wallace and his state troopers until President John F Kennedy intervened.

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Repentance is always welcome from a politician, as Bill Clinton is finding, and when in 1982 Mr Wallace was elected governor of Alabama for a fourth time his supporters included many forgiving blacks, and he included blacks in his administration.

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Chris Wallace on "FOX News Sunday" asked him about it and Governor Huckabee claimed it was all about partisanship.

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