Overview

The miniseries follows the history of its namesake, from the 1950s when Wallace was a circuit court judge in Barbour County, to his tenure as the most powerful governor in Alabama's history. It depicts his symbolic "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", where Wallace attempted to block black students from entering the University of Alabama. It details his stance on racial segregation in Alabama at the time, which proved popular with his white constituents, and also depicts Wallace's rise as a presidential hopeful. This eventually leads to his attempted assassination—and his surprise victory in several states during the 1968 presidential election.

Genres

Cast

Gary Sinise

George C. Wallace

Mare Winningham

Lurleen Wallace

Joe Don Baker

Big Jim Folsom

Angelina Jolie

Cornelia Wallace

Terry Kinney

Billy Watson

William Sanderson

T.Y. Odum

Mark Rolston

Ricky Brickle

Tracy Fraim

Gerald Wallace

Skipp Sudduth

Al Lingo

Ron Perkins

Nicholas Katzenbach

Mark Valley

Bobby Kennedy

Clarence Williams III

Archie