On this day in Alabama history: LBW Community College named in Andalusia

Published On: 08.15.19 |

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On this day in Alabama history: LBW Community College named in Andalusia

Agu 15 feature

Lurleen Wallace posed for her official gubernatorial photograph soon after her election. Born into a working-class family, Wallace was a popular figure among Alabama's white low-income electorate. (From Encyclopedia of Alabama, courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History)

Aug. 15, 1968

Lurleen B. Wallace Community College was founded in Andalusia and named for the first female governor of Alabama. The Alabama State Board of Education authorized a junior college in Andalusia in 1967 and selected Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College as its name on Aug. 15, 1968. Now known as Lurleen B. Wallace Community College, the school has facilities in in Andalusia, Greenville, Opp and Luverne.

Read more at Encyclopedia of Alabama.

(https://www.lbwcc.edu/ )

The George C. Wallace Administration Building was the first building on the campus of Lurleen B. Wallace Community College in Andalusia, Covington County. (From Encyclopedia of Alabama, courtesy of Lurleen B. Wallace Community College)

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