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Opening Doors, 40th Anniversary, for all generations to come

A three-day program, known as "Opening Doors," took place June 9-11, 2003, to commemorate the events of June 11, 1963, when two African American students enrolled at UA following the famous "stand in the schoolhouse door."

Collage of historic photographs from events of June 1963
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world — George Washington Carver
A people that values its privileges over its principles will soon lose both — Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

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