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The Northport Civic Club float for the Tuscaloosa Centennial Parade.The automobile was driven by Miss Pearl Maxwell who became Mrs. Peters. The woman in the front passenger seat is Mrs. J. E. Shirley, wife of a Northport doctor.

Kelly Tucker is with a group of soldiers waiting for the train in Tuscaloosa to begin military service at Fort McClellan during WWII.
Front row (l to r): Williamson, Toxey (a visitor), Simmons, ?.
Back Row: Morrow, Kizziah, Kelly Tucker, Sessions,…

On the day that the first two African-American students were to register for classes at the University of Alabama, Governor George Wallace ordered 500 Alabama National Guardsmen to stand-by near the campus
"in the event they are needed to maintain…

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…

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…

Civil rights activists march to the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse protesting the "whites only" water fountains and restrooms in the new courthouse.

The march came after T. Y. Rogers called a meeting at the First African Baptist Church on April 20,…

Onlookers watch as civil rights activists march toward the new Tuscaloosa County Courthouse to protest "whites only" signs above water fountains and restrooms.

The march came after T. Y. Rogers called a meeting at the First African Baptist Church…

Richard Boone and Harold Middlebrooks, the secretary of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, were sent to Tuscaloosa by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to observe civil rights activities . The men stand in front of the Bailey Tabernacle Church.

Police line the sidewalk as civil rights activists approach the new Tuscaloosa County Courthouse, protesting the "whites only" signs over water fountains and restrooms.

The march came after T. Y. Rogers called a meeting at the First African…

A rare picture of the march by civil rights activists on the new Tuscaloosa County Courthouse on April 23, 1964. The march came after T. Y. Rogers called a meeting at the First African Baptist Church on April 20, 1964. The plan was designed to…