Reply(1) The University of Alabama Board of Trustees has renamed the Wallace Building at UAB. (Michael Seale/Patch) BIRMINGHAM, AL — The University of Alabama system Board of Trustees voted Friday to rename a building at the University of Alabama at Birmingham that was named for former governor George C. Wallace. Wallace was the center of attention nationwide during the Civil Rights Era in Alabama, and famously stood in the doorway of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama, a symbolic attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from enrolling at the school. The decision by the board Friday 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.