Acknowledging UA’s Past

Campus Facilities and Markers

• 2017 Historic marker placed in honor of Autherine Lucy Foster.
• 2013 Events and website commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door.
• 2010 Clock Tower, Plaza Dedication in honor of Vivian Malone Jones, James Hood and Autherine Lucy Foster. ( watch ceremony )
• 2004 Markers dedicated for slave graves on UA campus.

Campus Awards and Honors

• 2019 Commencement ceremonies include the award of an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Arts and Letters to Autherine Lucy Foster.
• In 2018 the University’s celebration of female trailblazers included honors for Lucy Foster and Malone Jones.
• Student Life honored Autherine Lucy Foster, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood as a members of its Hall of Fame.
• Autherine Lucy Foster, James Hood and Vivian Malone are all listed as important Legends in the 2017 Where Legends Are Made marketing/institutional branding campaign.

Academic Programs

• Annual Power & Struggle Conference hosted by the UA Department of History
• UA History Department panel on Conversations on Slavery, Historic Preservation, and Community in the South.

Communications

• Opening the Doors 2003 40th anniversary recognition of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door.
• 2003 Alumni Magazine cover story.

Faculty Efforts

• 2018 Faculty senate proposal to establish Commission on Race, Slavery and Civil Rights.
• Dr. Hilary Green’s Hallowed Grounds program and alternative campus tour.
• E. Culpepper Clark, former dean of the College of Communication and Information Sciences, published a book through UA’s Press titled The Schoolhouse Door in 2007.
• 2004 Faculty senate resolution acknowledging and apologizing for history of slavery at UA.
• Dr. John Giggie, director of the Summersell Center, working with UA students and the Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History Talk Force, published a Tuscaloosa Civil Rights Trail Book