TUSCALOOSA, Ala (WIAT) – Dr. Archie Wade is being remembered as a pioneer who helped pave the way to racial equality within athletics and education. In the late 50s, Mason Bonner was living in ...

“Dr. Archie Wade’s passing is a profound loss for The University of Alabama,” said UA president Stuart Bell in a news release. “As UA’s first Black faculty member, his leadership and vision created ...

Archie Wade, a man sometimes called the University of Alabama's Jackie Robinson, integrating the faculty, and assisting legendary head football coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant in recruiting Black ...

Also, the school’s first Black faculty member has passed away. Archie Wade joined UA in 1970 and worked there for three decades in the College of Education. His name’s been on the university ...

Dr. Archie Wade, The University of Alabama’s first Black faculty member, died Jan. 13. He was 85. Dr. Wade, a Tuscaloosa native, was born in Big Cove in Madison County on Oct. 2, 1939 and ...

“[Wade] was called the Jackie Robinson at the University of Alabama because he broke the racial barriers.” Trump Names Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as ‘Special Ambassadors ...