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Brigadier General Henry Graham leads U.S. Deputy Attorney General toward Foster Auditorium to confront Gov. George C. Wallace, as Wallace attempted to block the registration of Vivian Malone and James Hood for classes at the University of Alabama.…

President Barack Obama surveys the damage of the tornado that hit Tuscaloosa on April 27, 2011, along with Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox.

Aerial view of the intersection of 15th Street and McFarland Boulevard, one of the busiest retail corners in the city, the day after Tuscaloosa took a direct hit from a devastating tornado on April 27, 2011.

Aerial view of the damage caused to Rosedale Court Housing Development by the tornado that hit Tuscaloosa on April 27, 2011. Of the 188 housing units at Rosedale Court, 100 were destroyed, leaving 96 families homeless. The entire complex was later…

The tornado, later determined to be a category EF4 with winds approaching 200 miles per hour, moves through Tuscaloosa on April 27, 2011.

Rescuers assist a displaced family near 15th Street after the tornado hit Tuscaloosa on April 27, 2011.

Tuscaloosa residents standing on Dr. Edward Hillard Drive near the intersection of 15th Street look into the Cedar Crest neighborhood where cars are upended and buildings destroyed as a strong tornado moved through the city.

The path of the April 27, 2011, tornado in Tuscaloosa was close to the DCH Regional Medical Center, but the facility was essentially undamaged.

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley talks with former University of Alabama head coach Gene Stallings while viewing damage before a press conference near the corner of 15th Street and McFarland Boulevard on Thursday, April 28, 2011.

People sit in the doorway of a destroyed home in the Cedar Crest neighborhood surrounded by debris the day after the storm.