1963 "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" incident

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The 1963 "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" incident was a confrontation at the University of Alabama in which Governor George Wallace symbolically attempted to block the enrollment of Black students in defiance of federal desegregation orders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights confrontation
desegregation crisis
historical event
action symbolic attempt to physically block a doorway
aimOfWallace to block enrollment of Black students
cause federal desegregation orders
resistance to racial integration
chronologicalOrder occurred after the Freedom Rides
occurred before the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
city Tuscaloosa, Alabama
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1963-06-11
hasContext American civil rights movement
surface form: American Civil Rights Movement

school desegregation in the United States
involvedOrganization state government of Alabama
surface form: Alabama state government

United States Department of Justice
United States government
surface form: United States federal government

University of Alabama
involvedPerson George Wallace
James Hood
John F. Kennedy
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
surface form: Nicholas Katzenbach

Vivian Malone Jones
legacy key example of federal intervention to enforce civil rights
milestone in the integration of higher education in the American South
legalBasis federal court desegregation orders
location Foster Auditorium
University of Alabama
mainProtagonist George Wallace
mediaCoverage televised nationally
notableQuoteSource "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" speech
surface form: George Wallace's "segregation forever" stance
opposedBy Robert F. Kennedy
surface form: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy

United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf history of racial segregation in the United States
precededBy Ole Miss integration crisis
surface form: University of Mississippi integration crisis
relatedTo Brown v. Board of Education
Civil Rights Act of 1964
result enrollment of James Hood
enrollment of Vivian Malone Jones
federal enforcement of desegregation order
state Alabama
subjectOf documentaries about George Wallace
numerous history books on the Civil Rights Movement
symbolizes conflict between state and federal authority
resistance to school desegregation
tookPlaceAt entrance of Foster Auditorium
year 1963

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George Wallace notableFor 1963 "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" incident
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach notableEvent 1963 "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" incident
this entity surface form: Stand in the Schoolhouse Door confrontation at the University of Alabama