Asked by @luhjo_.3

I claim today for all the people of the State of Alabama those rights reserved to them under the Constitution of the United States. Among those powers so reserved and claimed is the right of state authority in the operation of the public schools, colleges and Universities.

—Governor George Wallace
June 11, 1963

What is the main point of Wallace’s statement?

He wanted the university to be integrated.

He felt it was the state’s right to decide what to do at the University of Alabama.

He wanted the federal government to direct integration.

He did not want the school to reject African American students.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
He felt it was the state’s right to decide what to do at the University of Alabama.

(He's asserting state authority over public schools—opposing federal intervention in university affairs, i.e., resisting federally mandated integration.)