Two black students officially enrolled at the University of Alabama in 1963

June 11

On June 11, 1963, two black students enrolled at the University of Alabama. 

The two students Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood were previously barred from enrolling by the Governor of Alabama.

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Sources

A&E Television Networks. (n.d.). University of Alabama desegregated. History.com. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/university-of-alabama-desegregated