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Harper Lee. Mark Childress, author who wrote the screenplay for Crazy in Alabama and the novel of the same name. William Christenberry, photographer, painter, sculptor, and teacher. Jean Cox, opera singer. Kevin Crawford, scholar of William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton. Done P. Dabale, bishop and founder of the United Methodist Church in ...
A. Thomas Abernethy (politician) Steadham Acker. Peter Bradley Adams. Jeran Akers. Harold Albritton. Alissa Nutting. James Allen (Alabama politician) Maryon Pittman Allen.
Jeff Malone (nephew) Vivian Juanita Malone Jones (July 15, 1942 – October 13, 2005) was one of the first two black students to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963, and in 1965 became the university's first black graduate. She was made famous when George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, attempted to block her and James Hood from ...
James Alexander Hood (November 10, 1942 – January 17, 2013) was one of the first African Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963, and was made famous when Alabama Governor George Wallace attempted to block him and fellow student Vivian Malone from enrolling at the then all-white university, an incident which became known as the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door".
Autherine Juanita Lucy (October 5, 1929 – March 2, 2022) was an American activist who was the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, in 1956. [1] Her expulsion from the institution later that year led to the university's President Oliver Carmichael 's resignation. [2] [3] Years later, the University admitted her ...
Marty Lyons. Martin Anthony Lyons (born January 15, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle and defensive end for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1970s and 1980s. Lyons played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, earning consensus All-American honors.
The Alabama Crimson Tide college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and represents the University of Alabama in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The College Football Hall of Fame was established in 1951 to honor the careers ...
A pair of University of Alabama graduates give each other a high five Friday, May 5, 2023, at Coleman Coliseum. The university graduated more than 5,700 people in the Spring Commencement exercises.