On June 11th 1963, rather than allowing federal troops to force integration at the University of Alabama, Governor George Wallace, instead orders the Alabama National Guard to take hostage the federal troops. The federal troops surrender after direct orders from Lyndon B. Johnson to avoid a confrontation. George Wallace, though accused by treason by many, has now found himself at the head of a national movement of state’s rights, and announces that the state of Alabama no longer recognizes the authority of the US Government in its confines, effectively a secession. Though many other Southern politicians express support, no other states follow in the de facto secession. Wallace announces in August that he plans to run for President of the United States the coming year, and founds the “Ameri