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Turning the Tide - The University of Alabama in the 1960s (Paperback)
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Turning the Tide - The University of Alabama in the 1960s (Paperback)
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Turning the Tide is an institutional and cultural history of a
dramatic decade of change at the University of Alabama set against
the backdrop of desegregation, the continuing civil rights
struggle, and the growing antiwar movement. 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 civil rights legislation in 1964
and 1965 did little to reduce segregation and much to inflame the
fears and passions of many white Alabamians. Earl H. Tilford
details the origins of the student movement from within the Student
Government Association, whose leaders included Ralph Knowles and
future governor Don Siegelman, among others; the participation of
key members of “The Machine,” the political faction made up of
the powerful fraternities and sororities on campus; and the efforts
of more radical non-Greek students like Jack Drake, Ed Still, and
Sondra Nesmith. Tilford also details the political maneuverings
that drove the cause of social change through multiple
administrations at the university. Turning the Tide highlights the
contributions of university presidents Frank A. Rose and David
Mathews, as well as administrators like the dean of men John L.
Blackburn, who supported the student leaders but also encouraged
them to work within the system rather than against it. Based on
archival research, interviews with many of the principal
participants, and the author’s personal experiences, Tilford’s
Turning the Tide is a compelling portrait of a university in
transition during the turbulence surrounding the civil rights and
anti-war movements of the 1960s.
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