June 11, 1963: A Decade in One Day

56 years ago today, June 11, 1963 was a monumental one in the American civil rights movement. It is the type of day that entire novels are written about, as it personifies the triumph and the tragedy of the 1960’s. That morning, two African American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, arrived at the University […]

Hate Will Not Be Defeated By Screaming Alone

Today would have been the 98th birthday of former Alabama Governor George Wallace. Wallace was the face of Jim Crow,segregation, and the angry resentment of he civil rights movement in the 1960’s. In 1963, during his first inauguration speech he famously said, “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” Just a few weeks later he made […]