June 11, 1963
Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stood at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register. Still later that day, President John F. Kennedy addressed Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that would provide equal access to public facilities, end segregation in education and guarantee federal protection for voting rights.
