Peggy Wallace Kennedy
Daughters of MLK and George Wallace completing MLK's Dream Today during MLK community time the guest speaker who came in was Peggy Wallace Kennedy. She was the daughter of George Wallace the governor of Alabama during the Civil Rights Era. He is well known for his inaugural speech saying, "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever". Many do not know about how his reputation affected his own daughter though. Before her father ran for governor she spoke of how in his court he demanded all to respect African Americans and how he even invited them into his office to eat so they would not sit segregated like in cafés. But his moderate racist could not win him the office of governor in Alabama, so he ran as a racists candidate and won. His thirst for power created a reputation that would proceed onto his children and grandchildren. When Peggy went to the MLK church with her son many years later he saw all that his grandfather had done. He turned to he...