James Hood: Difference between revisions
(1st pass) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''James Hood''' (born | '''James Hood''' (born [[November 10]], [[1942]] in [[Gadsden]]; died [[January 17]], [[2013]] in Gadsden) was one of the first African American students to enroll at the [[University of Alabama]]. | ||
On [[June 11]], [[1963]], [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor]] [[George Wallace]] made his infamous "stand in the schoolhouse door." He stood in the front entrance of [[Foster Auditorium]] in an attempt to stop the enrollment of Hood and [[Vivian Malone]]. When confronted by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and federal marshals sent in by U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Wallace stepped aside. | On [[June 11]], [[1963]], [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor]] [[George Wallace]] made his infamous "stand in the schoolhouse door." He stood in the front entrance of [[Foster Auditorium]] in an attempt to stop the enrollment of Hood and [[Vivian Malone]]. When confronted by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and federal marshals sent in by U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Wallace stepped aside. | ||
Revision as of 13:14, 18 January 2013
James Hood (born November 10, 1942 in Gadsden; died January 17, 2013 in Gadsden) was one of the first African American students to enroll at the University of Alabama.
On June 11, 1963, Governor George Wallace made his infamous "stand in the schoolhouse door." He stood in the front entrance of Foster Auditorium in an attempt to stop the enrollment of Hood and Vivian Malone. When confronted by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and federal marshals sent in by U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Wallace stepped aside.
As a member of the school's committee for desegregation, Melford Espy, the first "Big Al", was asked by the administration to help welcome Malone and Hood to the campus. Hood dropped out of school after two months, but subsequently returned and, in 1997, received his Ph.D. in philosophy. Later in his life, Wallace apologized to Hood for his opposition to racial integration.
References
- Clark, E. Culpepper (1993) The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation's Last Stand at the University of Alabama. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195074173
- "Hood, one of first African-Americans to enroll at UA, dies." (January 17, 2013) Gadsden Times