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George C. Wallace. Alabama's 43-year-old governor ... and reporters that would record his promised stand in the schoolhouse door and, he hoped, his unquestioned ascension as the South's leading ...
George Wallace stood at the door of Foster Auditorium ... During his campaign, Wallace talked of physically putting himself between the schoolhouse door and any attempt to integrate Alabama's ...
George C. Wallace. Alabama's 43-year-old governor ... and reporters that would record his promised stand in the schoolhouse door and, he hoped, his unquestioned ascension as the South's leading ...
The leaders of various local law enforcement agencies were there to discuss ways to better protect the capitol city and its people. The facility is meant to serve as a hub to distribute products ...
VIDEO - Fifty years ago, on June 11, 1963, Gov. George Wallace stood in the doorway of the Foster Auditorium, physically barring two African-American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood ...
Everyone knew that George (Wallace) was going to step down. Integration was inevitable, but they used this as an opportunity for a political chess game.” In the days after June 11, the group ...
60 years ago this summer, Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood before the doors of the University of Alabama to prevent two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from entering. Bettmann ...
One of Alabama’s most iconic images is Governor George Wallace’s June, 1963 stand at the schoolhouse door. For those with short memories, Governor Wallace campaigned as a law and order ...
Kennedy, one of four children of former Alabama Gov. George Wallace, grew up in the shadow of the schoolhouse door -- and the man who blocked it -- from that day onward. Wallace's story is well-known.
“If you’re George Wallace‘s daughter, people think the asterisk will always be there. `Oh, your father stood in the schoolhouse door,'” she said in a recent interview. Kennedy was just 13 ...
No DEI tomorrow. No DEI forever!” - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is channeling George Wallace by her stand in the schoolhouse door, blocking diversity, equity and inclusion programs. DEI ain’t the ...
"If you're George Wallace's daughter, people think the asterisk will always be there. `Oh, your father stood in the schoolhouse door,'" she said in a recent interview. Kennedy was just 13 at the time.