Vivian Malone entering
Foster Auditorium on June 11, 1963, to register for classes at the
University of Alabama through a crowd that includes photographers,
National Guard members, and Deputy U.S. Attorney General
Nicholas Katzenbach. During the
Stand in the Schoolhouse Door,
George Wallace, the
Democratic Governor of Alabama, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two black students, Malone and
James Hood. Intended by Wallace as a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "
segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever", the stand ended when President
John F. Kennedy federalized the
Alabama National Guard and Guard General
Henry Graham commanded Wallace to step aside.
Photograph: Warren K. Leffler; restoration: Adam Cuerden