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Foster Auditorium (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

USA / Alabama / Riverview / Tuscaloosa, Alabama / 6th Avenue
 auditorium, African American Civil Rights Movement, place with historical importance, Neoclassical (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic landmark, U.S. National Historic Landmark

Foster Auditorium was completed in 1939 as a multipurpose facility with a seating capacity of 5,400. It has been used for graduation exercises, indoor athletics events, concerts, lectures, and other large gatherings, including registration. The building housed the women's athletics programs during the 1970s and 1980s. After the women’s athletics programs were moved, the Department of Kinesiology was partially housed in Foster until 2006. In April 2009, the University announced a major renovation for the auditorium. After the renovation, the Crimson Tide women's basketball and volleyball programs moved back to Foster Auditorium, their original home.

Foster Auditorium is the site of Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace's "stand in the schoolhouse door" on June 11, 1963. Two African-American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, enrolled at UA that day to herald the University's integration.

The Neoclassical building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is U.S. National Historic Landmark.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door
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Coordinates:   33°12'27"N   87°32'38"W
This article was last modified 7 years ago