On September 2, 1963, Alabama Governor George Wallace surrounded Tuskegee high school with Alabama National Guard troops in an effort to prevent its integration pursuant to a federal court order in Lee v. Macon County. In response, President John Kennedy federalized the Guard and sent it back to its barracks.
Wallace opposing the integration of the University of Alabama
Learn more about George Wallace from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
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