Abstract:
Racial inequality has been a longstanding issue for Black students and Black people at The University of Alabama. Black student activists have used various tactics throughout history to close the racial divide at The University of Alabama. Autherine Lucy, Black sorority recruits during the fall of 2013, sparking the march "The Final Stand", and "We Are Done" activists have all broken major barriers at the University. Though their aim at equality was similar, the approaches were different. In order to understand the impact Black bodies have made on the campus of The University of Alabama, this thesis applies theories of material rhetoric to each of the three protest movements. Finally, this thesis uncovers crucial implications that shape how the Black body ultimately fits within dissenting spaces.
