Tuscaloosa in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Site Of The Stand In The Schoolhouse Door / Foster Auditorium, 1939
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, November 12, 2010
1. Site Of The Stand In The Schoolhouse Door (Top Marker)
Inscription.
Site Of The Stand In The Schoolhouse Door, also, Foster Auditorium, 1939. . Foster Auditorium is the site of the June 11, 1963, “stand in the schoolhouse door” by Governor George C. Wallace in defiance of a court order requiring The University of Alabama to admit African-American students Vivian Malone and James Hood. President John F. Kennedy placed the Alabama National Guard under federal control to enforce the court order as Wallace refused to obey. Wallace then stepped aside and the students registered for class. That night, President Kennedy went on television to declare civil rights no longer simply a legal issue but a moral issue and appealed to the nation’s sense of fairness. One week later, he submitted a comprehensive civil rights bill that became the foundation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. , July 13, 2004 , Bottom Marker: , Foster Auditorium, 1939 , Named for Richard Clarke Foster (1895-1941), who, as President of The University of Alabama (1937-1941), raised academic standards and encouraged faculty and graduate research.
Foster Auditorium is the site of the June 11, 1963, “stand in the schoolhouse door” by Governor George C. Wallace in defiance of a court order requiring The University of Alabama to admit African-American students Vivian Malone and James Hood. President John F. Kennedy placed the Alabama National Guard under federal control to enforce the court order as Wallace refused to obey. Wallace then stepped aside and the students registered for class. That night, President Kennedy went on television to declare civil rights no longer simply a legal issue but a moral issue and appealed to the nation’s sense of fairness. One week later, he submitted a comprehensive civil rights bill that became the foundation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
July 13, 2004
Bottom Marker:
Foster Auditorium, 1939
Named for Richard Clarke Foster (1895-1941), who, as President of The University of Alabama (1937-1941), raised academic standards and encouraged faculty and graduate research.
Location. 33° 12.483′ N, 87° 32.641′ W. Marker is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in Tuscaloosa County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of 6th Avenue and 8th Street. Marker located on the front side of the Foster Auditorium Building # 7059 on the Campus of The University of Alabama. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tuscaloosa AL 35487, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, November 12, 2010
2. Foster Auditorium, 1939 (Bottom Marker)
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, November 12, 2010
3. Site Of The Stand In The Schoolhouse Door / Foster Auditorium, 1939 Markers
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, November 12, 2010
4. Foster Auditorium, Site Of The Stand In The Schoolhouse Door
Credits. This page was last revised on November 5, 2018. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,905 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 13, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.