When were schools in alabama desegregated?

When African American students attempted to desegregate the University of Alabama in June 1963, Alabama’s new governor, flanked by state troopers, literally blocked the door of the enrollment office. read more

Subsequently, the integration of Alabama schools did not begin until 1963, when two key civil rights cases went to trial in the state. That year, attorney Fred Gray filed a local case requiring desegregation in Macon County in Lee v. read more

The Governor ordered state patrolmen to block the doors of schools to prevent black students from entering. The day before on September 9, four black students in Huntsville Alabama entered Fifth Avenue school to become the first children to desegregate schools in that town and the entire state. read more

On September 10th, in 1963, twenty black students entered previously all white public schools in Birmingham, Mobile and Tuskegee Alabama. This day came after a major stand off between federal authorities and Gov. George C. Wallace where students were turned away. read more