Turning the Tide: The University of Alabama in the 1960s

by Earl H. Tilford Jr.

Book Overview

This book documents the period when a handful of University of Alabama student activists formed an alliance with President Frank A. Rose, his staff, and a small group of progressive-minded professors in order to transform the university during a time of social and political turmoil. Together they engaged in a struggle against Governor George Wallace and a state legislature that reflected the worst aspects of racism in a state where the passage of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817358587
• ISBN13: 9780817358587
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"