Governor Wallace
Vivian Malone Jones, the 1st Black to graduate from the formerly all-white University of Alabama
On June 11, 1963, Vivian Malone Jones stoked the tempers of segregationists by enrolling in an all-white University of Alabama. But, it was the beginning of a long fight to desegregate an institution that barred the involvement of Blacks in its affairs. She applied for admission to the University of Alabama because the institution where…
