Another big anniversary
from BlackAmericaWeb.com
Former students mark 1963 showdown at Alabama schoolhouse door06/11/2003 04:53 PM EDT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Black alumni of the University of Alabama gathered Wednesday to honor 40 years of school integration at the campus where then-Gov. George Wallace made his infamous "stand in the schoolhouse door."
A candlelight vigil and forums on racial issues were among programs marking the anniversary of Wallace's June 11, 1963, act of segregationist defiance. Largely political stagecraft, it did not stop the mostly peaceful introduction of blacks into the state's flagship institution
posted by Prometheus 6 at 6/12/2003 09:50:40 PM |
Posted by P6 at June 12, 2003 09:50 PM
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