Attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama, Governor of Alabama George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium while being confronted by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach.

The June 11, 1963, action occurred in the doorway of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama and was intended to prevent the enrollment of two black students, James Hood and Vivian Malone. The day marks the beginning of school desegregation in the state.

2013年6月11日 · In what historians often refer to as the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door," the governor literally stood in the doorway as federal authorities tried to allow the students to enter.

2013年6月9日 · In Birmingham, Vivian Malone and James Hood -- descendants of slaves -- awoke and prepared for the drive to Tuscaloosa and a confrontation with Gov. George C. Wallace.

2023年6月10日 · On Sept. 30, 1962, President John F. Kennedy mobilized more than 30,000 troops, including 538 federal law enforcement officials, the most assembled for a single domestic disturbance in American...

2013年6月11日 · A strong states’ rights advocate, Wallace stood in front of the door (surrounded by national news media) and announced his resolute opposition to the integration of the school.

On this day, June 11th 1963, one of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights Movement occurred: the Stand in the Schoolhouse door where Governor George Wallace tried to block James Hood and Vivian Malone from enrolling at the University of Alabama because of the color of their skin.

2003年6月11日 · Forty years ago, Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood at the door at the University of Alabama in a symbolic attempt to block two black students from enrolling at the school. NPR's Debbie Elliott...

Wallace symbolically blocked the entrance of the first registered African American students after mandatory school desegregation was enacted by the federal government.

Attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama, Governor George Wallace stands defiantly at the door of the Foster Auditorium while being confronted by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach.