American Heritage Governor Wallace and Black Admission to University of Alabama

June 12, 1963
Alabama Admits Negro Students;
Wallace Bows to Federal Force;
Kennedy Sees 'Moral Crisis' in U.S.
Governor Leaves

But Fulfills Promises
to Stand in Door and
to Avoid Violence USCALOOSA, Ala., June 11 -- Gov. George C. Wallace stepped aside today when confronted by federalized National Guard troops and permitted two Negroes to enroll in the University of Alabama. There was no violence.

The Governor, flanked by state troopers, had staged a carefully planned show of defying a Federal Court desegregation order.

Mr. Wallace refused four requests this morning from a Justice Department official that he allow Miss Vivian Malone and James A. Hood, both 20 years old, to enter Foster Auditorium and register.

This was in keeping with a campaign pledge that he would ``stand in the schoolhouse door'' to prevent a resumption of desegregation in Alabama's educational system

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