The reading will take place at 5 pm in McIntyre Library’s Special
Collections and Archives Department on the 5th floor of the library. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing by the author. Light
refreshments will be served. This event
is open to the public.
Opening
the Doors provides an all-encompassing
account of the University of Alabama’s 1956 and 1963 desegregation attempts, as
well as the never-before-reported-story of Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s own civil
rights movement.
While the image of Governor George Wallace’s stand in the schoolhouse door has long burned in the American consciousness, more interesting are the circumstances that led him there in the first place. On the eve of the 50th Anniversary of Wallace’s stand, Hollars sheds new light on the secret history behind UA’s desegregation; a process that proved successful due to the concerted efforts of dedicated student leaders, a progressive university president, a steadfast administration, and secret negotiations between the Justice Department, the White House, and Alabama’s stubborn governor.
While the image of Governor George Wallace’s stand in the schoolhouse door has long burned in the American consciousness, more interesting are the circumstances that led him there in the first place. On the eve of the 50th Anniversary of Wallace’s stand, Hollars sheds new light on the secret history behind UA’s desegregation; a process that proved successful due to the concerted efforts of dedicated student leaders, a progressive university president, a steadfast administration, and secret negotiations between the Justice Department, the White House, and Alabama’s stubborn governor.
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