This day in history

01/14/10 In 1963, George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of "segregation forever." Above, Wallace in 1964.

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Meet the Press Host Bill Monroe Dies

02/17/11 Bill Monroe, host of Meet the Press from 1975 - 1984, died following complications from hypertension. He was 90. Monroe started as an NBC bureau chief, and worked on the Today show in the 60s, where he won a Peabody Award in 1972. He joined Meet the Press in 1975. Some of his top interviews included Alabama Governor George C. Wallace, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and President Jimmy ...

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John Cashin Jr. Dies at 82; Campaigned for Civil Rights

03/26/11 John L. Cashin Jr., a civil rights campaigner who was the first black candidate for governor of Alabama since Reconstruction, mounting an unsuccessful challenge in 1970 to the arch-segregationist George C. Wallace, died on Monday in Washington, where he lived in recent years. He was 82.

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