James Alexander Hood and Vivian Malone were the first African-Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963 and was made famous when Alabama Governor George Wallace blocked them from enrolling at the all-white university, an incident which became known as the 'Stand in the Schoolhouse Door.' The showdown came about after Hood, along with […]
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