UA System Board of Trustees renames Wallace Building at UAB The UAB Campus By WBRC Staff | February 8, 2021 at 11:53 AM CST - Updated February 10 at 4:29 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama System unanimously approved the renaming of the former George C. Wallace Building on the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus.
The vote was Feb. 5, 2021.
The facility is now called the Physical Education Building.
The decision followed a unanimous recommendation by a working group charged with reviewing named buildings on UA System campuses relative to Shared Values that include integrity, leadership, accountability, diversity, inclusion and respect.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham has removed the name of four-term governor and presidential candidate George C. Wallace from a campus building over his support of racial segregation.
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