Alabama Governor George Wallace famously fought to keep the University of Alabama segregated. In 1963, he stood in the schoolhouse door in an attempt to block the enrollment of two Black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, as a symbolic act of defiance against federal desegregation efforts. His actions became a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement, highlighting the resistance to integration in Southern schools.
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