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Vivian Malone and James Hood enter University of Alabama in 1963. Miss Malone received bachelor of science degree, but Hood dropped out in summer 1963. Gantt, graduated with honors last May 29. Credit: AP Newsfeatures Photo ( img0468A )

Gov. George Wallace blocks the entrance to the University of Alabama as he turned back a federal officer attempting to enroll two black students at the university campus in Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 11, 1963. The 43-year-old governor stands with highway patrolmen who are on duty to prevent violence. (AP Photo) ( SEGREGATION GOV. WALLACE )

James Hood, right, and Vivian Malone sit in a car with government officials as they are escorted to the campus at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa for an attempt to integrate the university. 1963 (The Denver Post Archive) ( img0032A )

Dean of admissions, Herbert Mate, right, confers with Vivian Malone and James Hood after the two were registered at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa Tuesday. (The Denver Post Archive) ( img0034A )

Vivian Malone flashes a wide grin as she is escorted to her dormitory, Mary Burke Hall, after being stopped at the door of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa today. Background is Foster Auditorium where Gov. George Wallace made his defiant stand. At left is Nicholas Katzenbach, deputy U.S. attorney general. 1963 (The Denver Post Archive) ( img0466A )

Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, partially hidden, and Alabama national guardsmen block the doorway of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama and turn away Nicholas Katzenbach, the deputy U.S. attorney general. (The Denver Post Archive) ( img0074B )

President John Kennedy as he made a nation-wide televised broadcast on civil rights in the White House, June 11, 1963. His talk occurred the day Alabama Gov. George Wallace defied a federal court order to admit two black students to the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Wallace withdrew after the National Guard was federalized and placed on duty on the university campus. The president asked the American people for help in ending racial discrimination and termed the fulfillment of African American rights a moral issue. Kennedy spoke from his office. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry) ( President John Kennedy )

National Guard Brig. Gen. Henry Graham, center, informs Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace that the guard was under federal control as the two met at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 11, 1963. Wallace, who had vowed to prevent integration of the campus, gave way to federal troops. (AP Photo) ( WALLACE INTEGRATION )

Heavily armed state Highway Patrolmen stand guard a top Foster Auditorium on the campus of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 11, 1963 as Gov. George Wallace barred an attempt to enroll two black students. (AP Photo) ( Civil Rights School Integration 1963 )

Troops from the federalized National Guard arrive on the campus of the University of Alabama, June 11, 1963 in Tuscaloosa. President Kennedy ordered the guard into service after Gov. George Wallace turned back two black students attempting to integrate the institution. (AP Photo) ( Civil Rights School Integration 1963 )

Key points are indicated on aerial photo of the campus of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa where two Negroes are - scheduled to register tomorrow. 1-Foster Auditorium where Vivian Malone and James Hood will register and where Gov. George Wallace will attempt to block the door. 2-Mary Burke Hall where Miss Malone will be quartered. 3-Palmer Hall where Hood has quarters. 4-Party Hall where Hood will eat. 5-Administration Building. 6-School of Commerce where Miss Malone will take classes. 7-Clarke Hall, administrative building for the College of Arts and Sciences which Hood will attend.3-Denny Chimes, historic landmark and center of campus. 9-Deny football stadium. 1963 Credit: AP Wirephoto ( 6-05072012-10002194A )

Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, left, raises his hand to stop U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach as Wallace stands in front of a door to keep blacks from enrolling at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala on June 11, 1963. (AP Photo/Tuscaloosa News, Calvin Hannah) ( Obit Nicholas Katzenbach )

National Guard troops stack arms and get comfortable after they were federalized and sent to the campus of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, June 11, 1963. Gov. George Wallace gave in to the federal force after earlier barring the entrance of two black students to the institution. At right is Foster Auditorium where Vivian Malone and James Hood registered. (AP Photo) ( Civil Rights School Integration 1963 )

Alabama National Guardsmen set up cots in an armory after arrival in Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 10, 1963. They were sent in by Gov. George Wallace to prevent violence when Wallace attempts to bar the entrance of two black students on the University of Alabama campus tomorrow. (AP Photo) ( Civil Rights School Integration 1963 )

Alabama Gov. George Wallace, left at the microphone, stands with Pres. Lyndon Johnson, right, as he talks to reporters outside the White House office wing, March 13, 1965, Washington, D.C. After the conference of more than three hours, they told newsmen each had made recommendations to the other for dealing with racial tensions in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo) ( George Wallace and Lyndon Johnson 1965 )

Nearly 100 pickets, mostly whites, who demonstrated outside the NBC studio in New York's Rockefeller Center on June 2, 1963 as Alabama Governor George C. Wallace appeared on television program "Meet the Press." Wallace said he opposed the enrollment of two African American students at the University of Alabama on June 10 and would attempt to block the move by placing himself between his state and the United States. (AP Photo) ( Demonstrations and Riots 1963 )

A group of young men hold up placards denouncing Alabama Governor George C. Wallace as he appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" television program in New York on June 2, 1963. The youths, members of so called "Youth Against War and Fascism," were demonstrating near NBC studios in New York's Rockefeller Center. Gov. Wallace said he opposed the enrollment of two African Americans at the University of Alabama. (AP Photo) ( Demonstrations and Riots 1963 )

James A. Hood and Vivian J. Malone of Alabama pose in New York. Alabama Gov. George Wallace said he would personally bar them from registering at the University of Alabama despite a restraining order. Hood, one of the first black students at the University of Alabama, has died. He was 70. Officials at Adams-Buggs Funeral Home in Gadsden said they are handling arrangements for Hood, who died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. Details concerning Hoodís funeral are not complete, funeral home officials said. (AP Photo/John Lindsay, File) ( Obit Hood )

James A. Hood of East Gadsden, Ala., and Vivian J. Malone of Mobile, Ala., on a New York City street June 9, 1963. Both are 20-years-old and will attempt to register at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on June 11. Alabama Governor George Wallace said he will personally bar the two from registration despite a court order. (AP Photo/John Lindsay) ( Vivian Malone and James Hood )

A helmeted campus policeman stands by as James Hood leaves his dormitory, Palmer Hall, for class at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa today. 1963 ( img0030A )

Vivian Malone, left, sits with white students in algebra class in Comer Hall at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. 1963. (Denver Post Archive) ( img0469A )

James Hood is accompanied by Robert Davis, left, a white school teacher, as he walks to class at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa today. Davis, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is doing graduate work at the university. He greeted Hood warmly and chatted amicably with him en route to class. 1963 ( img0033A )

James Hood reaches for a book on a shelf of the university bookstore on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on June12, 2013. Hood, and another black student, Vivian Malone, were admitted yesterday. (The Denver Post Archive) ( img0031A )

Vivian Malone, accompanied by unidentified classmates, goes to her first class Wednesday at the University of Alabama. She and James Hood registered Tuesday, after Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace tried to bar them, to become the first Negroes to attend the southern college. Credit: AP ( img0462A )

Students stroll by the front of Foster auditorium on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 10, 1963, where two black students are scheduled to register tomorrow for classes. It is at this spot Alabama Gov. George Wallace has vowed to stand in the door to bar their entrance. A white semi-circle has been painted on the walkway where Wallace apparently plans to halt the two students. (AP Photo) ( Civil Rights School Integration 1963 )

Governors of four southern states held a news conference in Miami Beach on July 23, 1963 issuing statements opposing forced integration by the federal government, saying segregation is a matter of economics that should be left to the states. Appearing at the conference from left are Gov. Donald S. Russell of South Carolina, Gov. John B. Connally of Texas, Gov. Carl E. Sanders of Georgia, and Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama. (AP Photo) ( Georgia Gov. Carl Sanders )

Representatives of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) carry signs on a picket line where the 55th annual Governors Conference opens in Miami Beach, Florida, July 21, 1963. During the picketing asking for racial equality, Governor George Wallace of Alabama was inside holding a news conference. (AP Photo) ( Civil Rights Demonstrations )

Gov. George Wallace of Alabama, left, and Carl Sanders of Georgia get set for a bit of skeet shooting during a moment of relaxation at the 29th annual Southern Governors' Conference at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, August 20, 1963. (AP Photo) ( Govs. George Wallace and Carl Sanders )

Cars of the Alabama Highway Patrol move out of a parking area in Birmingham, Ala., to take up positions at three schools which Gov. George Wallace has barred to blacks, Sept. 9, 1963. The governor issued an executive order early today opening the schools but on a segregated basis. (AP Photo) ( Civil Rights School Integration 1963 )

With Alabama State Troopers blocking the main entrance to Murphy High School, students Dorothy Bridget Davis, 16, and Henry Hobdy, 17, arms loaded with school books, turn away from school, Sept. 9, 1963 in Mobile, Alabama. Hobdy is reading his copy of an executive order from Gov. George Wallace stopping the pair from attending classes. Murphy High is Alabama's largest high school with 3,300 students. (AP Photo/Fred Noel) ( Civil Rights School Integration 1963 )

Students at West End High yell and wave flags and a picture of Gov. George Wallace as they demonstrate in Birmingham, Ala., following admittance of two black students, September 10, 1963. (AP Photo/stf) ( STUDENTS AGAINST INTEGRATION )

Members of the Alabama National Guard mark time outside an armory in Birmingham, Ala. as they prepare to go on duty at three schools which have been ordered integrated, Sept. 10, 1963. Gov. George Wallace, who barred black students from the schools, called the guard to duty. (AP Photo) ( Civil Rights School Integration 1963 )

Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama gestures as he makes a point during a speech, Oct. 20, 1964 at the National Guard Armory in Glen Burnie, Maryland. (AP Photo) ( Wallace Speaks To Maryland National Guard 1964 )

Students look at a plaque on campus at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa that tells the story of the school. Vivian Malone will try to register at the university on June 10 to become the second black student to be admitted to the school since it was founded in 1831. 1963 Credit: AP Wirephoto ( 6-05072012-10002190A )

James Hood poses at the doorway of Palmer Hall on the campus of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa as he returns to his residence hall after his first class today. He holds a bundle of books just purchased at the campus bookstore. A student curfew notice is tacked on the door. (The Denver Post Archive) ( img0026A )

Vivian Malone is shown in her cap and gown that she will wear at the University of Alabama graduation on May 30, 1965. (Denver Post Archive) ( img0467A )