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Ethos Pathos And Logos In George Wallace's Inaugural Speech

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Derek Montelongo RWS-200 Professor Cissel 2/15/23 Segregation is a topic that is synonymous with most of the United State’s history. On the cornerstone of breaking into a new world free of segregation, George Wallace, the newly elected governor of Alabama, strives to keep the staple of segregation for eternity. Wallace makes his famed, controversial 1963 inaugural speech in Alabama, where he declares to defend the core values of the south against the federal government. Prior to his election as governor, George Wallace was nowhere near the racial extremist he portrayed himself to be during his campaign. During his time being a member of the Alabama House of Representatives, Wallace considered himself to be a progressive liberal, gaining support even from the NAACP. This changed however in 1959 when Wallace was found withholding voting records during a case investigating racial discrimination in voting. Seeming like a blunder in his career, Wallace’s decision to support racial discrimination actually gained him major popularity in the south. Upon seeing this opportunity, Wallace reformed his public identity to a man in absolute support of segregation. After a landslide victory in the run for governor, Wallace delivers his inaugural speech where he uses ethos and pathos to persuade southerners that Alabama should be independently governed rather than federally …show more content…

At this point in time, southerners needed a leader to look up to who could defend their segregational ideas. George Wallace was that leader in which all of their values aligned. Alabamians felt that the federal government was trying to change their way of life through new laws and regulations that disfavored the south. These southern people were easily persuaded by Wallace’s speech due to their similarities in ideas of a free land where segregation still

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