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Stillman College leaders recount campus role in 1964 Tuscaloosa protests, unveil photo gallery
Summary
Stillman College leaders told the Tuscaloosa City meeting that students, faculty and staff were central to local 1964 civil-rights actions and presented a gallery of previously unseen photographs documenting marches and the June 9, 1964 "Bloody Tuesday" confrontation.
Yolanda Page, president of Stillman College, and Dr. Gordon Govans, an associate professor of history and executive director of faith-based and social justice initiatives at Stillman College, told the Tuscaloosa City meeting that the college’s students, faculty and staff played a central role in local civil-rights protests in 1964 and presented a gallery of photographs documenting those events.
“Stillman College played a tremendous role in the civil rights movement in Tuscaloosa as well as the state of Alabama,” Page said during the public-comment portion of the meeting.
Govans said the college’s participation is documented in scholarship and the newly displayed…
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