During his first term in office Gallion spoke at a Montgomery County Citizens Council gathering, condemning the leadership of the Congress of Racial Equality as communists.
"[2] In-eligible to seek a second consecutive term in 1962, he opted to run for governor but lost the Democratic primary to George C. Wallace.
[3] In the primary campaign, Baxley had successfully created a widely viewed public impression, whether accurate or not, that he himself would be a better ally of George Wallace.
The three Southern lawyers did not agree with the Brown v. Board of Education decision but their states were already required to abide by the law.
Gallion, Gremillion, and Summer hoped that if states outside the South were also required to desegregate there would be farther reaching resistance by white families and "the operation of schools [would] be returned to the hands of local people".
"[4] During his tenure as Attorney General, Gallion successfully led litigation that established Alabama's offshore oil and gas rights.