Asa Earl Carter co-wrote the infamous pro-segregation line given by what 45th Governor of Alabama?
Asa Earl Carter Asa Earl Carter (September 4, 1925 – June 7, 1979) was a 1950s Ku Klux Klan leader, segregationist speech writer, and later western novelist. He co-wrote George Wallace's well-known pro-segregation line of 1963, "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever", and ran in the Democratic primary for governor of Alabama on a segregationist ticket. Years later, under the alias of supposedly Cherokee writer Forrest Carter, he wrote "" (1972), a Western novel that led to a 1976 National Film Registry film, and "The Education of Little Tree" (1976), a best-selling, award-winning book which was marketed as a memoir but which turned out to be fiction.
James T. Rapier James Thomas Rapier (November 13, 1837 – May 31, 1883) was an African-American politician during the Reconstruction Era. He served as a United States Representative from Alabama, he served from 1873 until 1875. Born free, he was educated in Canada and Scotland before being admitted to the bar in Tennessee. He was a nationally prominent figure in the Republican Party as one of seven blacks serving in the 43rd Congress. He worked in 1874 for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which guaranteed access to accommodations.