University of Alabama integration crisis

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The University of Alabama integration crisis was a pivotal 1963 confrontation over the enrollment of Black students that symbolized federal enforcement of desegregation against Southern resistance during the civil rights era.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights conflict
desegregation crisis
historical event
conflictWith segregationist policies in Alabama
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedBy Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
surface form: “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”
enforcedBy Alabama National Guard under federal authority
United States Department of Justice
surface form: U.S. Department of Justice
followedBy further desegregation of Southern universities
hasCause Brown v. Board of Education
resistance to school desegregation in the American South
hasEffect enrollment of Black students at the University of Alabama
federal enforcement of school desegregation in Alabama
strengthening of federal authority over civil rights in the American South
hasMediaCoverage television news in the United States
hasPart Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
legalBasis Brown v. Board of Education
surface form: Brown v. Board of Education decision
location Tuscaloosa, Alabama NERFINISHED
University of Alabama NERFINISHED
mainEvent Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
notableOutcome successful admission of Black students to the University of Alabama
opponent George Wallace
opposedBy segregationists in Alabama
participant Alabama National Guard
James Hood
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
surface form: Nicholas Katzenbach

United States Department of Justice
surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

Vivian Malone Jones
surface form: Vivian Malone

United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States

state government of Alabama
partOf American civil rights movement
surface form: civil rights movement

desegregation of education in the United States
pointInTime 1963
precededBy Ole Miss integration crisis
surface form: University of Mississippi integration crisis
significantPerson George Wallace
James Hood
John F. Kennedy
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
surface form: Nicholas Katzenbach

Robert F. Kennedy
surface form: Robert Kennedy

Vivian Malone Jones
surface form: Vivian Malone
startTime 1963-06-11
supportedBy civil rights advocates
symbolizes Southern resistance to civil rights
federal enforcement of desegregation
timePeriod civil rights era
topic racial desegregation in higher education
states’ rights versus federal authority

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Kennedy administration notableEvent University of Alabama integration crisis