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Shaker Name:** Former Governor of Alabama: George Wallace

He was the man who took the "Last Stand in the School House Door" on June 11, 1963 Wallace made it clear that he did not want the University of Alabama to become desegregated. He stood at the doors of the college and gace a speech preaching just that. It did not hold and African American Students were allowed to sign up for classes but not by Wallaces "o.k."
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This moment in education history was a symbol for how the old ways of segregation were crumbling down. Though many Americans continued to be racists and speak openly about their beliefs in segregated schools in 1963, this act of Wallaces was the public reference to show how all these efforts for segregation were failing.
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He was one of the last men to speak out openly about an act in education that was one of the last big steps towards equality in the school system. Even though some may say that the schools will never totally be fair, these people are just tweeking what is already there. They don't have to deal with fixing segregation in schools but more what form of tests work better or how and we better the standards of school children.
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[|www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/schooldoor.html]
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