The Broken Road: George Wallace And A Daughter’s Journey To Reconciliation

"This is a fascinating and unflinching memoir from the daughter of former Alabama governors George and Lurleen Wallace. The book explores Peggy Wallace Kennedy’s journey from a little girl defending her father as a “segregationist” and not a “racist” to an adult grappling with his civil rights legacy and seeking racial justice. She dubs her father “the Confederacy’s very own Napoleon.” We get a stark look at a difficult home life and a glaring assessment of George Wallace’s blinding ambition, launched with his infamous declaration of “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever.”"