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The Zamora Shriners show off their motorcycles in a parade down University Boulevard.

The Zamora Shrine drill team in Tuscaloosa's centennial parade in 1916. The team is on Market Street (now Greensboro Avenue) approaching Broad Street (now University Boulevard). Hinckley Photo Shop is on the right and Brown's Dollar Store beyond it.

The Zamora Shriners of Tuscaloosa drive down University Boulevard in a parade. Note the downtown scene with Adrian's, and Rhealee in the background. Adrian's is the building currently (as of July 2010) occupied by DePalma's Restaurant.

The soldier in the center is John C. Foster.

"What a Price for Peace" was written by Buford Boone, editor and publisher of the Tuscaloosa News and advocate of law and order in a time when chaos reigned.

On February 7, 1956, after three days of student demonstrations, the University of…

Vivian Malone (1942-2005) was the first African-American graduate at the University of Alabama. She earned a management degree in 1965.

Malone was one of two African-American students that then-Governor George Wallace tried to keep from attending…

In June of 1963, Vivian Malone (1942-2005) became one of two black students to register for classes at the University of Alabama, after being barred at the door by Governor George C. Wallace. Malone became the first black student to graduate from the…

On June 11, 1963, Vivian Malone and James Hood arrived at the University of Alabama registration building. The building was guarded by 750 state troopers, local police, Alabama National Guardsmen, and George Wallace who stood at the doors to block…

On December 22, 1940, the USS Tuscaloosa embarked from the Naval Operating Base at Norfolk, VA carrying Admiral William D. Leahy (1875-1959), the newly designated Ambassador to France, and his wife Louise, for passage to Lisbon, Portugal and thence…

United Daughters of the Confederacy float, decorated in the colors of the Confederacy, was driven by Mr. Luther Maxwell with Mrs. Maxwell in the front seat. In the back (left to right) are Mrs. J.M. Rogers (nee Alner Jenkins), Mrs. Ellen Peter…