Tuscaloosa

by Amalia K. Amaki

Overview

In the 1960s, Tuscaloosa drew national attention when the University of Alabama was fully integrated. The decade also marked the arrival of Paul "Bear" Bryant as head coach of Alabama's football team and the majority of Frank Anthony Rose's tenure as president—a period characterized by race mediation and increases in enrollment, assets, and academic standards. For the next 50 years, sports, education, cultural and recreational opportunities, and business developments contributed to the city and the lifestyles of its residents. Tuscaloosa has associations with people such as F. David Mathews (who concurrently served as president of Alabama and as a secretary under Pres. Gerald Ford), writer Richard Yates (Revolutionary Road), actress Sela Ward, and quarterback Joe Namath.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467114363
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	07/06/2015
Series:	Images of Modern America
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	1,059,702
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

In her third book with Arcadia Publishing (her second about Tuscaloosa), former Alabama professor Amalia K. Amaki teamed with Professor Emeritus Priscilla N. Davis to gather images from archives, scrapbooks, photographic collections, and various other sources to create this pictorial account of life in the city from 1960 through today.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Our Kind of People 9

2 Educating Tuscaloosa 27

3 Keeping the Faith 47

4 Cultural and Social Life 51

5 Local Business 65

6 Sports 77