George Wallace was remarkably similar, going from the famous picture of the guy who stood in the schoolhouse door with a gun, to being a racial uniter late in life. Of course, the libtard media will never tell you about the later part because it doesn't fit their narrative.
Can you imagine Jesse Jackson Sr. or Al Sharpton doing anything similar? Of course not! Because it would damage the industry which they so carefully built!
Forrest was the first Grand Dragon of the Klan, but he left the group when they became too radical.