Foster Auditorium
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Foster Auditorium entrance where Governor George C. Wallace stood in front of the doorway on June 11, 1963.

Plaque on the wall of Foster Auditorium
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Lucy Clock Tower
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Lucy Clock Tower in Malone-Hood Plaza in honor of the two black students that were the first to enroll in the University of Alabama.

On June 11, 1963, Governor George C. Wallace stood in front of the doors of Foster Auditorium in a somewhat symbolic attempt to block two African American students, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood, from being admitted to the University of Alabama. President John F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard to enforce a court order allowing the students to register.

In an attempt to memorialize the two students, the University of Alabama has created the Lucy Clock Tower and the Malone-Hood Plaza in front of Foster Auditorium.

Stand in the School House Door

The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two black students, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand in the Schoolhouse Door