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  1. Vivian Juanita Malone Jones (July 15, 1942 – October 13, 2005) was one of the first two black students to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963, and in 1965 became the university's first black graduate.

  2. Oct 14, 2005 · Vivian Malone Jones, who on a blisteringly hot June day in 1963 became one of two black students to enroll at the University of Alabama after first being barred at the door by the defiant...

  3. Oct 29, 2020 · Vivian Malone Jones was one of the first two black students to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963, despite the resistance of Governor Wallace. She earned a degree in business management and a master's in public administration, and worked for the U.S. Department of Justice and the EPA.

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    Malone applied to the University of Alabama, though it was an exclusively all-white institution at the time, and was admitted as a junior to its School of Commerce and Business Administration. The university already had a well-established reputation for barring black students, and had managed to skirt previous legal challenges to its discriminatory...

    Born Vivian Juanita Malone on July 15, 1942, in Mobile, AL; died on October 13, 2005, in Atlanta, GA; married Mack Jones (died 2004); children: Michael, Monica. Education:Attended Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1961–63; University of Alabama, BS, 1965. Career:Department of Veterans Affairs, employee and personnel specialist, 1965–?; E...

    Books

    Notable Black American Women, Gale, 1992.

    Periodicals

    Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 14, 2005, p. E1. Guardian(London, England), October 18, 2005, p. 32. New York Times, June 12, 1963, p. 1; October 14, 2005, p. C15. Post-Standard(Syracuse, NY), February 3, 2004, p. B1. San Francisco Chronicle, October 11, 1996, p. A3. Washington Post, October 14, 2005, p. B6.

    On-line

    "Wells College Spring Convocation 2004: Opening Minds, Opening Doors," Wells College, www.wells.edu/pdfs/winter2004_20-21.pdf

  4. Vivian Malone Jones became the first Black student to graduate from the formerly segregated University of Alabama on May 30, 1965. She was one of the first two Black students at the University in 1963.

  5. Oct 15, 2005 · Vivian Malone Jones Dies at 63 The civil rights pioneer, who had been barred from attending college by Gov. Wallace, was the first African-American graduate of the University of Alabama.

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  7. Vivian Malone Jones was one of the two students who enrolled at UA in 1963 despite the governor's opposition. She earned a degree in business management and a career in civil rights and environmental justice.