James Hood: American Civil Rights Pioneer Dies

A US civil rights pioneer who was among the first black students to enrol at the University of Alabama in defiance of racial segregation has died.

James Hood died in his home town of Gadsden, Alabama, at the age of 70.

He was made famous by his fight to attend college at the height of the civil rights movement.

Mr Hood and Vivian Malone tried to register for classes at the university in 1963 but were blocked by then-governor George Wallace's infamous "stand in the schoolhouse door" policy.

They were prevented from registering by several state troopers.

President John F Kennedy ordered the Alabama National Guard to escort Mr Hood and Ms Malone into the building so that they could register for classes and pay fees.

George Wallace stood in the doorway to block the two from enrolling

Mr Hood remained at the university only for a few months and then moved to Michigan. But he returned later in life to earn a doctorate.

After Mr Hood's death on Thursday, University of Alabama president Judy Bonner praised him as a man of "courage and conviction".

Mr Hood was the last survivor among the major figures in the schoolhouse door incident.

Mr Wallace died in 1998 and Ms Malone in 2005.

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