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Pete La Chapelle
@LaChapellePete
History Prof|Nevada State|Book: I'd Fight the World:A Political History of Old-Time, Hillbilly, and Country Music: audible/paper https://t.co/3UzCNcdXQf
Jun 13, 2020 • 16 tweets • 8 min read
A visual thread about the decades of support the country music industry & @Opry members gave to the nation's most famous segregationist, George C. Wallace.

This research comes from a chapter of my book: I'd Fight the World: A Political Hist of CM. 1/ #blm press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book… Perhaps the most noteworthy Wallace performers--George Jones and Tammy Wynette--came out in 1972 for a campaign fundraiser, deemed a "Wallace Woodstock," after the segregationist governor was shot.

But the story really starts in the 1950s. 2/ digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collec…