Governor George Wallace attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama
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The Civil Rights Era in the U.S. News & World Report Photographs Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
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Taken in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on June 11, 1963, this black and white photograph shows Governor George Wallace attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama outside Foster Auditorium while being confronted by Deputy United States Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach.
