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.
Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1947 The 1947 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1947, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Fielding L. Wright, who had succeeded to the governorship a year prior following the death of Thomas L. Bailey, ran for election to a first full term. As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate won in a landslide so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.