George Wallace stood in schoolhouse door 52 years ago today. Published: Jun. 11, 2015, 10:02 a.m. By . Charles J. Dean; Editor's note: This article originally appeared in 2013.

Wallace in the Schoolhouse Door Forty years ago, Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood at the door at the University of Alabama in a symbolic attempt to block two black students from enrolling at the ...

60 years after George Wallace pushed segregation, Dems block the schoolhouse door By . Stephen Moore and Michelle Crumpton-Harvey. Published July 5, 2023, 5:44 p.m. ET.

One of Alabama’s most iconic images is Governor George Wallace’s June, 1963 stand at the schoolhouse door. For those with short memories, Governor Wallace campaigned as a law and order ...

On this day 50 years ago, George Wallace defined his legacy with his "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door." IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

Everyone knew that George (Wallace) was going to step down. Integration was inevitable, but they used this as an opportunity for a political chess game.” In the days after June 11, the group ...

George Wallace's 'stand in the schoolhouse door,' 50 years later. VIDEO - Fifty years ago, on June 11, 1963, Gov. George Wallace stood in the doorway of the Foster Auditorium, physically barring ...

A daughter of former Alabama Gov. George Wallace says she has been "standing in the schoolhouse door" since her father's famous action 50 years ago.

On June 11, 1963, while her father was crafting an infamous segregationist image at the University of Alabama's Foster Auditorium, 13-year-old Peggy Wallace Kennedy spent the day with her mother ...

In 1963, Democrat Governor George Wallace led a “stand-in-the-school-house-door protest” at the University of Alabama to prevent two Black students from enrolling in contravention of the Brown v.

"If you're George Wallace's daughter, people think the asterisk will always be there. `Oh, your father stood in the schoolhouse door,'" she said in a recent interview. Kennedy was just 13 at the time.

From George Wallace's "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" to President John Kennedy's historic civil rights speech, and late at night, the shooting of Medgar Evers, June 11, 1963 was one of the most ...