1963 protest against racial integration of schools in Alabama
Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
Part of the Civil Rights Movement
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.
Date
June 11, 1963
Location
University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Caused by
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Lucy v. Adams (1955)
United States v. Wallace (1963)
Resulted in
Vivian Malone and James Hood register for classes at University of Alabama
George Wallace gains national attention
President Kennedy delivers a Speech on Civil Rights the same day
Lead figures
Students
Vivian Malone
James Hood
The White House
John F. Kennedy, President
Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General
Nicholas Katzenbach, Deputy Attorney General
Henry V. Graham, Guard General
George Wallace, Governor
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Civil Rights Movement in Alabama
State of Alabama
Alabama Pupil Placement Law
NAACP v. Patterson
NAACP v. Alabama
United States v. Alabama
Original Freedom Rides
George Wallace's Inaugural Address
United States v. Wallace
Hamilton v. Alabama
City of Birmingham
Bombingham
Birmingham bus boycott
First Bethel Baptist Church bombing
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham Board of Education
Birmingham sit-ins
Armstrong v. Birmingham Board of Education
Anniston bus bombing
Birmingham bus attack
Gober v. City of Birmingham
Birmingham campaign
Children's Crusade
Gaston Motel and King residence bombings
Birmingham riot of 1963
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Shooting of Johnny Robinson
Murder of Virgil Lamar Ware
Katzenbach v. McClung
Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham
City of Montgomery
Montgomery bus boycott
Browder v. Gayle
Robert Graetz residence bombing
Martin Luther King Jr. residence bombing
Gilmore v. City of Montgomery
Montgomery sit-ins
Connecticut Freedom Ride
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
Selma to Montgomery marches
U.S. v. Montgomery County Board of Ed.
Smith v. Young Men's Christian Association
Gilmore v. City of Montgomery
City of Selma
Selma to Montgomery marches
Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson
Murder of James Reeb
Murder of Viola Liuzzo
City of Tuscaloosa
Lucy v. Adams
University of Alabama desegregation crisis
Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
Bloody Tuesday
City of Tuskegee
Tuskegee merchant boycott
Alabama Act 140
Tuskegee sit-ins
Gomillion v. Lightfoot
Tuskegee High School desegregation crisis
Murder of Sammy Younge Jr.
Lee v. Macon County Board of Education
Other localities
Murder of Willie Edwards
Murder of William Lewis Moore
Murder of Willie Brewster
Murder of Jonathan Daniels
The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium as if to block the entry of two African American students: Vivian Malone and James Hood.[1]
In response, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 11111, which federalized the Alabama National Guard, and Guard General Henry V. Graham then commanded Wallace to step aside.[2] Wallace spoke further, but eventually moved, and Malone and Hood completed their registration. The incident brought Wallace into the national spotlight.[3]
^Elliot, Debbie. Wallace in the Schoolhouse Door. NPR. June 11, 2003. Accessed February 19, 2009.
^Cite error: The named reference george-wallace was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Governor George C. Wallace's School House Door Speech. Accessed February 19, 2009.
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