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Vivian Malone
entering
Foster Auditorium
on June 11, 1963, to register for classes at the
University of Alabama
through a crowd that includes photographers,
National Guard
members, and Deputy U.S. Attorney General
Nicholas Katzenbach
. During the
Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
,
George Wallace
, the
Democratic
Governor of Alabama
, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two black students, Malone and
James Hood
. Intended by Wallace as a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "
segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever
", the stand ended when President
John F. Kennedy
federalized
the
Alabama National Guard
and Guard General
Henry Graham
commanded Wallace to step aside.
Photograph: Warren K. Leffler; restoration:
Adam Cuerden
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Picture of the day archives
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2017 June
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2017 June 10
2017 June 12
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Picture of the day
Vivian Malone
entering
Foster Auditorium
on June 11, 1963, to register for classes at the
University of Alabama
through a crowd that includes photographers,
National Guard
members, and Deputy U.S. Attorney General
Nicholas Katzenbach
. During the
Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
,
George Wallace
, the
Democratic
Governor of Alabama
, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two black students, Malone and
James Hood
. Intended by Wallace as a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "
segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever
", the stand ended when President
John F. Kennedy
federalized
the
Alabama National Guard
and Guard General
Henry Graham
commanded Wallace to step aside.
Photograph: Warren K. Leffler; restoration:
Adam Cuerden
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