Stand in the Schoolhouse Door

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historical event political protest segregationist action

Stand in the Schoolhouse Door refers to Alabama Governor George Wallace’s 1963 attempt to physically block the enrollment of Black students at the University of Alabama in defiance of federal desegregation orders.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Stand in the Schoolhouse Door canonical	5
“Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political protest ⓘ segregationist action ⓘ
carriedOutBy	George Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows	George Wallace's 1963 inauguration speech "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" NERFINISHED ⓘ
counteredBy	Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ President John F. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	June 11, 1963 ⓘ
enforcedBy	federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	continued federal oversight of Southern school desegregation ⓘ
hasAftermath	national media coverage of George Wallace ⓘ strengthening of federal civil rights enforcement ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Schoolhouse Door stand NERFINISHED ⓘ Stand in the Schoolhouse Door incident NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAssociatedSpeech	segregationist rhetoric by George Wallace ⓘ
hasContext	Civil Rights Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ desegregation of education ⓘ
hasLocation	Foster Auditorium NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuscaloosa, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParticipant	George Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Katzenbach NERFINISHED ⓘ Vivian Malone NERFINISHED ⓘ
involves	Alabama National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasisOpposed	Brown v. Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy	television news networks in the United States ⓘ
motive	maintenance of racial segregation ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic confrontation between state and federal officials at a university doorway ⓘ physical attempt by a governor to block Black students from enrolling ⓘ
officeHeldByActor	Governor of Alabama ⓘ
opposes	federal desegregation orders ⓘ racial integration ⓘ
orderedBy	George Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	federal court orders to integrate the University of Alabama ⓘ
relatedTo	Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as broader context) NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Alabama desegregation ⓘ
result	enrollment of James Hood at the University of Alabama ⓘ enrollment of Vivian Malone at the University of Alabama ⓘ federal assertion of authority over state resistance ⓘ
symbolizes	conflict between state and federal authority ⓘ resistance to desegregation ⓘ
targetedGroup	Black students ⓘ
targetedPerson	James Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ Vivian Malone NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1960s ⓘ
triggeredBy	court-ordered desegregation of the University of Alabama ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Alabama integration crisis → hasPart → Stand in the Schoolhouse Door ⓘ

University of Alabama integration crisis → mainEvent → Stand in the Schoolhouse Door ⓘ

University of Alabama integration crisis → describedBy → Stand in the Schoolhouse Door ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”

Foster Auditorium → notableEvent → Stand in the Schoolhouse Door ⓘ

Vivian Malone Jones → event → Stand in the Schoolhouse Door ⓘ

James Hood → eventInvolvedIn → Stand in the Schoolhouse Door ⓘ