Two Alabama Power employees on University of Alabama Black Alumni Association “60 for 60” list

By: Alabama News Center Staff

The University of Alabama’s Black Alumni Association will commemorate the 60th anniversary of integration at the university by hosting a celebratory reunion June 9-10. The reunion theme is “Beyond the Schoolhouse Door.”

On June 11, 1963, Vivian Malone and James Hood walked into UA’s Foster Auditorium to enroll as students after Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace unsuccessfully attempted to block their admission by standing in their way at the building’s front doors.

As part of the weekend-long festivities in honor of Malone and Hood’s legacy, 60 alumni will be recognized by the association for excellence through trailblazing in their fields of study and in their communities.

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