William J. Thompson is a historian who has taught on the faculty and college degree for 30 years.
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Opinion | Where did Maryland’s George Wallace voters go?
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Wallace was by no means nominated for president, however his affect on the politics of the Sixties and Seventies was necessary, and his recognition in Maryland was vital. Wallace ran for president in Maryland’s Democratic presidential major 3 times — 1964, 1972 and 1976 — and was a candidate of the American Impartial Celebration in 1968. In his Maryland campaigns, Wallace stirred up controversy, garnered appreciable media consideration and gained a loyal voting bloc.
Within the 1964 marketing campaign, responding to the soon-to-be-passed Civil Rights Act, Wallace ran for the Democratic nomination in opposition to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Wallace undertook an insurgency in opposition to LBJ and his Maryland “stand-in,” Sen. Daniel B. Brewster.
Unruly Wallace supporters, waving Accomplice flags and taunting civil rights counterdemonstrators, appeared outdoors his marketing campaign headquarters (and inside, shouting down reporters) and on the governor’s rallies all through the state. The worst incident occurred in Cambridge on the Jap Shore, the place a civil disturbance occurred in 1963, as a Wallace speech turned violent when Black protesters and the governor’s supporters clashed, resulting in motion by the Maryland Nationwide Guard.
Wallace’s reception all through the state alarmed Maryland Democrats in addition to the White Home. A late marketing campaign blitz by labor leaders (highlighting Alabama as a “right-to-work” state) and nationwide Democrats pulled Johnson to victory on Could 19, however Wallace received 42.7 % of the first vote. He received 16 of 24 counties, swept the Jap Shore and Southern Maryland, and carried blue-collar, ethnic wards in East and South Baltimore and Dundalk and Essex in Baltimore County. Within the D.C. suburbs, Wallace at all times did poorly in Montgomery County and had combined success in Prince George’s (reflecting the nonetheless “Southern” nature of the county).
4 years later, in 1968, Wallace was on the overall election poll because the American Impartial Celebration candidate. Civil rights points, particularly open housing (which had animated the Maryland gubernatorial race two years earlier), nonetheless dominated. In October, Wallace spoke earlier than a packed and raucous crowd on the Baltimore Civic Middle (now Royal Farms Enviornment), denouncing “hippies,” antiwar protesters, and “pointy-headed” bureaucrats. Wallace ran third with 14.5 % of the vote, barely above his nationwide share of 13.5 %. He obtained greater than 20 % of the vote in 11 counties — nearly all had been in Southern Maryland and the Jap Shore, and greater than 30 % in Dorchester, dwelling of Cambridge, ending forward of Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the Democrat. Within the Baltimore space, Wallace obtained greater than 20 % in east and south Baltimore Metropolis, in addition to in japanese (Dundalk and Essex) and southwestern (Lansdowne) Baltimore County.
In 1972, Wallace, once more Alabama’s governor, returned to Maryland, once more on the Democratic presidential major ticket. Now his emphasis was on opposing court-ordered racially based mostly busing, a priority with White suburbanites residing close to majority-Black cities. It was in Laurel, a city close to Interstate 95 in Prince George’s County, the place on Could 15 he was shot by Arthur Bremer, a lone gunman. Bremer, who claimed he shot Wallace for the notoriety, was launched from jail in November 2007 after serving 35 years of a 53-year jail sentence. In 1972, Wallace received 38.7 % of the vote in a multicandidate subject, successful 20 of 23 counties; he misplaced solely in Allegany, Howard and Montgomery counties and Baltimore Metropolis. Wallace received Baltimore County by a 2-to-1 margin, carrying most areas besides the northwest, and he narrowly misplaced Baltimore Metropolis, though he did win the majority-White third Congressional District.
In Wallace’s final Maryland major effort, in 1976, he fell flat, ending a distant third, as former supporters, particularly in Southern Maryland and the Jap Shore, backed the extra reasonable Southerner, Georgia’s Jimmy Carter (who misplaced the state to California’s Jerry Brown) or discovered a brand new dwelling within the Republican Celebration, more and more engaging to a lot of Wallace’s former voters.
The Wallace legacy in Maryland? Fifty years later, these areas that had been strongest in supporting the Alabama governor — blue-collar and ethnic japanese and southwest Baltimore County, rural Southern Maryland and the Jap Shore — have flipped fully to the Republican Celebration in native, state and nationwide elections.
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Maryland Weather: Be on Alert for Isolated Severe Thunderstorms
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BALTIMORE – Scattered showers will give way to mostly cloudy skies Sunday, with a chance for isolated severe storms.
Expect overnight lows in the 70s after a warm air mass moved through. A cold front will bring another chance for an isolated strong storms on Sunday. The day won’t be a washout, there is the possibility of active weather in the afternoon and evening.
The front will bring bright sunny skies for Monday with low humidity. Perfect weather for the afternoon barbecue or last summer activity. Kids getting back to school this week should expect refreshing temperatures… possibly even a little chilly with overnight lows in the 50s.
High pressure will control our weather for the middle of the week. Expect sunny skies and low humidity through Friday. Overnight lows Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the mid 50s, with afternoon highs in the upper 70s. The chance of showers returns late Friday.
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Maryland Weather: Severe Storms Moving in From West
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BALTIMORE – Severe storms have been plaguing western Maryland this afternoon. They are on the move east and will push into Carroll County near the 6pm hour. These storms have a history of producing winds capable of downing trees. We are also seeing heavy rain and lightning.
Most of the activity will push north and south of the forecast area surrounding Baltimore with the marine layer or stable air mass keeping the severe weather west of the mountain regions.
The warm front associated with the severe weather is bring warm, humid air in overnight. Expect overnight lows in the low 70s with scattered showers and isolated severe storms.
A secondary cold front will bring another chance for an isolated strong storms on Sunday. The day won’t be a washout, there is the possibility of active weather in the afternoon and evening.
The front will bring bright sunny skies for Monday with low humidity. Perfect weather for the afternoon barbecue or last summer activity. Kids getting back to school this week should expect refreshing temperatures… possibly even a little chilly with overnight lows in the 50s.
High pressure will control our weather for the middle of the week. Expect sunny skies and low humidity through Friday. Overnight lows Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the mid 50s, with afternoon highs in the upper 70s. The chance of showers returns late Friday.
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How to watch Maryland football vs. UConn
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Maryland football is back and kicks off its season at home against UConn on Saturday.
The Terps will take on the Huskies for first time since 2013, when Maryland won, 32-21. The Terps are coming off an 8-5 season, in which they won their third straight bowl game, while UConn is coming off a disappointing 3-9 season and looking to play spoiler on the road.
With a victory, Maryland will move its week one winning streak to five games.
The numbers
Maryland: 0-0
UConn: 0-0
All-time series: Maryland leads, 2-1
DraftKings Sportsbook line: Maryland -19.5, O/U 44.5
How to watch and listen
When: Saturday, Aug. 31, 12 p.m. ET
Where: SECU Stadium, College Park, Maryland
TV: Fox Sports 1 — Connor Onion (play-by-play), Mark Helfrich (analyst)
Radio: 105.7 FM (Balt) / 980 AM (DC) – Johnny Holliday (play-by-play), Steve Suter (analyst), LaMont Jordan (sideline)
Streaming: Fox Sports
Catch up before the game
Previewing Maryland football’s season opener against UConn
Predictions for Maryland football’s 2024 season: Top players, bold takes and more
Breaking down every game on Maryland football’s schedule
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