Opening the Doors : The Desegregation of the University of Alabama and the Fight for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa

George Wallace's stand in the schoolhouse door has long burned in American consciousness, however just as interesting are the circumstances that led him there in the first place. This is a wide-ranging account of the University of Alabama's 1956 and 1963 desegregation attempts, as well as the little-known story of Tuscaloosa, Alabama's, own civil rights movement. Now look what we have in todays world compared to back then.