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Remembering the George Wallace stand at Alabama
Whit Gibbons recalls being six feet from George Wallace during the 1963 stand at Foster Auditorium. He describes how deputy attorney general Nicholas Katzenbach urged compliance with the federal order to admit Vivian Malone and James Hood, the heavy security presence, and the tense atmosphere. Malone Jones later became the university’s first Black graduate, and Gibbons reflects on the event’s enduring significance.
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Alabama
George Wallace
University of Alabama
Foster Auditorium
Vivian Malone
James Hood
Aiken
Whit Gibbons
Tuscaloosa
Nicholas Katzenback
Wallace
Gibbons
Malone
Janie Gibbons
University of Mississippi
Arkansas