Opening the Doors: The Desegregation of the University of Alabama and the Fight for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa

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Opening the Doors B. J. Hollars The University of Alabama Press · Tuscaloosa Opening the Doors The Desegregation of the University of Alabama and the Fight for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2013 by B. J. Hollars All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: Garamond Premiere Pro Cover photographs (clockwise from top): Autherine Lucy, February 1956 (courtesy of W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama); Reverend T. Y. Rogers, June 10, 1964 (courtesy of the William MarableIIFamily); StudentprotestontheUniversityofAlabamacampus (courtesyoftheW.S.HooleSpecialCollectionsLibrary,TheUniversityof Alabama); Police Chief William Marable in front of First African Baptist Church (courtesy of the William Marable II Family). Cover design: Michele Myatt Quinn ∞ Thepaperonwhichthisbookisprintedmeetstheminimumrequirements ofAmeri­canNationalStandardforInformationSciences—Permanenceof Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-­1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hollars, B. J. Opening the doors : the desegregation of the University of Alabama and the fight for civil rights in Tuscaloosa / B. J. Hollars. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8173-1792-8 (trade cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-81738669 -6 (e book) 1. University of Alabama—History. 2. College integration—Alabama— History. 3. Civil rights movements—Alabama—History. I. Title. LD73.H65 2013 378.761—dc23 2012028421 Come, my friends, ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world. —Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Ulysses” (A line often ­ quoted by Robert F. Kennedy) ...