The Alabama Crimson Tide are visiting the White House today to celebrate their NCAA Football Championship. Alabama Football is no stranger to championships, having visited the White House and meeting with president on a number of occasions - they won four titles during President Obama's administration alone. In 1961, President Kennedy celebrated Alabama's first undefeated season with a call to a pep rally from the National Pro Football Hall of Fame dinner on December 5. Flanked by Coach Bear Bry

On June 11, 1963, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was a focal point of the Civil Rights Movement. Sixty years ago today marked a crucial turning point in the struggle for racial equality in the United States when the University of Alabama was successfully integrated. Vivian Malone and James Hood, two Black students, had been denied admission to the university due to their race. However, under the orders of President John F. Kennedy, federal authorities intervened to enforce their enrollment. Gov. George Wa