OCTOBER 12, 1963 -- An Associated Press reporter traveled with Gov. George Wallace as he visited his hometown.
Wallace told the reporter he was undecided on a 1964 presidential run but said he "could stir things up."
"I could show Kennedy there's a lot of folks up north who feel the same we do down here," Wallace said.
Wallace added: "Did you hear they're blaming me for that bombing in Birmingham? Isn't that a hell of a note....Martin Luther King was the one who started breaking laws in Alabama. Why don't they blame him?"
Mayor Albert Boutwell had no immediate response to a Community Affairs Committee resolution calling for the hiring of black police but said the idea was being considered.