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Peggy Wallace Kennedy

Biography

Peggy Wallace Kennedy

Peggy Wallace Kennedy is a nationally recognized speaker, lecturer and writer. Her father, George Wallace, and her mother, Lurleen Wallace, were both governors of Alabama. Mrs. Kennedy has received, among others, the Rosa Parks Legacy Award, Southern Christian Leadership Conference Award, Woman of Courage Award, Emmett Till Legacy Foundation Award, Human Rights Award and the MLK Commission Award. Her dedication to racial reconciliation offers hope for change in a divided America. She lives in Montgomery, Alabama.

Peggy Wallace Kennedy

Books by Peggy Wallace Kennedy

The Broken Road: George Wallace and a Daughter's Journey to Reconciliation
by Peggy Wallace Kennedy with Justice H. Mark Kennedy - History, Memoir, Nonfiction

Former governor of Alabama and presidential candidate George Wallace was notorious for his hateful rhetoric and political stunts. At the end of his life, he came to renounce his views, although he could never attempt to fully repair the damage he caused. But after her own political awakening, his daughter, Peggy Wallace Kennedy, dedicated her life to spreading the new Wallace message --- one of peace and compassion. In her new memoir, Peggy looks back on the politics of her youth and attempts to reconcile her adored father with the man who coined the phrase “Segregation now. Segregation tomorrow. Segregation forever.”