Democrat Governor Opposes School Integration.

Fifty years ago today, Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in a symbolic attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from enrolling at the school. The drama of the nation's division over desegregation came sharply into focus that June day. 

It was the same year that civil rights marchers had been turned back with police dogs and fire hoses in Birmingham, Alabama. 

Yep, on this day in 1963, the same year, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas., "The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" took place at the University of Alabama. 

Two black students, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood, arrived with a federal court order allowing them to register for classes. In the full view of the news media, Gov. George Wallace (Democrat) and National Guard members stood at the entrance of Foster Auditorium and would not let them enter. 

In his campaign inaugural address six months earlier, Wallace said: “I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." 

When Wallace barred the students, federal marshals arrived with the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Nicholas Katzenbach. He told Wallace to step aside. But, the Governor refused, and Katzenbach called President John F. Kennedy who federalized the Alabama National Guard. Gen. Henry Graham of the Alabama Guard then commanded Wallace to step aside, saying, "Sir, it is my sad duty to ask you to step aside under the orders of the President of the United States." 

Democrat Governor George Wallace refuses to end segregation Marking the
50th Anniversary of Alabama's Civil Rights Standoff   

Wallace moved and Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood registered as students. 132 years of segregation began its slow decline to its end. 

That same evening President Kennedy addressed the nation, "This afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen was required to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United States District Court. 

"That order called for the admission of two clearly qualified young Alabama residents who happened to have been born Negro. This Nation was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all who wish to be free. And when Americans are sent to Viet-Nam or West Berlin, we do not ask for whites only. It ought to be possible, therefore, for American students of any color to attend any public institution they select without having to be backed up by troops. One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free. They are not yet freed from the bonds of injustice."

It would take another year and 8 days for the 1964 Civil Rights Act to pass. As a percentage, far more Republicans than Democrats in the U.S. Congress supported civil rights.

And for that, my fellow Black Americans are rewarding Democrats for Slavery, Secession, Segregation and now Socialism under the misguided explanation which defies logic, that every Republican moved over to a Party whose principles and values they did not support.

These are lies...lies and damn lies!