Big Jim Folsom "conducts" the Meat Grinders, 1962

Big Jim Folsom "conducts" the Meat Grinders, 1962

Governor “Big Jim” Folsom, accompanied by his wife Jamelle, “conducts” members of the Meat Grinders, his 1962 campaign band. Twice elected to the Alabama governor’s office, Folsom lost the 1962 election to George Wallace, a former protege whose long career would change the shape of Alabama politics and race relations in the 20th century.

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