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Dr. Archie Wade remembered as a ‘pioneer’ for racial equality in athletics and education
TUSCALOOSA, Ala (WIAT) – Dr. Archie Wade is being remembered as a pioneer who helped pave the way to racial equality within athletics and education. In the late 50s, Mason Bonner was living in ...
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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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Dr. Archie Wade, University of Alabama’s First Black Faculty Member, Dies at 85
Dr. Archie Wade, The University of Alabama’s first Black faculty member, died Jan. 13. He was 85. Dr. Wade, a Tuscaloosa native, was born in Big Cove in Madison County on Oct. 2, 1939 and ...
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Dr. Archie Wade is being remembered as a 'pioneer' for racial equality in athletics and education
“[Wade] was called the Jackie Robinson at the University of Alabama because he broke the racial barriers.” Trump Names Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as ‘Special Ambassadors ...