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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Book Discussion On Turning The Tide 20160515

While we desegregated in 19 623, in 1963, we did not integrate. That took a long time, going even beyond 1970. But this is when the University Went in a new direction. Once segregation was out of the way, once all that energy that had gone to trying to maintain an illegal and certainly immoral way of doing things, after all that energy could be sent in another direction, the university of alabama begin to turn itself away from a regional Football Party school toward becoming a Major National academic institution. That is what it has become, but it was a long journey in the 1960s that sent us that direction. There were a lot of changes going on at the beginning of the 1960s. But really, it stems from 1956. At the first effort of desegregation, which failed horribly, caused riots. A student for three days. Desegregation i ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Book Discussion On Turning The Tide 20160515

Though i do cover that in the first chapter. I want to take it through the rest of the 1960s. While we desegregated in 1963, we did not integrate. That took a long time, going even beyond 1970. But it is in this period that the University Went in a new direction. Once segregation was out of the way, once all that energy that had gone to trying to maintain and actually illegal and certainly immoral way of doing things, after all that energy could be sent in another direction, the university of alabama began to turn itself away from a regional Football Party school and warning itself and turning itself toward becoming a Major National academic institution. That is what it has become, but it was a long journey in the 1960s that sent us that in that direction. There were a lot of changes going on at the beginning of the 196 ....

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