Archie Wade, University of Alabama’s First Black Faculty Member, Dies at 85
A leader on the front lines of the civil-rights movement, he was stoic in the face of dehumanizing behavior, but felt it all.
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Dr. Archie Wade is being remembered as a 'pioneer' for racial equality in athletics and education
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Archie Wade, first Black faculty member at University of Alabama, dies at 80
Archie Wade, a man sometimes called the University of Alabama's Jackie Robinson, integrating the faculty, and assisting legendary head football coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant in recruiting Black ...
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Archie Wade, University of Alabama’s First Black Faculty Member, Dies at 85
When the University of Alabama played Georgia in the 1964 football-season opener in Tuscaloosa, Archie Wade, Joffre Whisenton and Nathaniel Howard had seats next to the home team’s marching band.