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TUSCALOOSA WITH THE STORY.
>> THEY LIKE GREW UP --
>> Reporter: MELANIE THOUGHT
THIS YEAR HER LAST AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA WOULD BE
THE YEAR A BLACK STUDENT WOULD
BE INVITED TO JOIN ALPHA GAMMA
DELTA.
THE REASON SHE SAID WAS A GIRL
EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
>> WHAT YOU DID HEAR ABOUT HER?
>> I HEARD THERE WAS A BLACK
GIRL COMING THROUGH.
THAT SHE WAS WONDERFUL AND
FABULOUS.
AND SHE HAD A RESUME THAT
EMBARRASSED ANY OF US.
>> Reporter: WHEN IT WAS TIME TO
DETERMINE WHETHER TO LET THE
GIRL JOIN, SHE SAID SORORITY
LEADERS DECIDE AD VOTE WAS NOT
NECESSARY.
>> AND OF COURSE, I SAY WE WON'T
TALK ABOUT THE BLACK GIRL.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO HER,
THE ONLY REASON THEY GAVE FOR
NOT LETTING HER IN WAS A
TECHNICALITY ON A LETTER OF
RECOMMENDATION.
CHRIS SAYS HIS STEP DAUGHTER IS
THE GIRL EVERYONE IS TALKING
ABOUT.
SHE DOESN'T WANT HER NAME OR
FACE OUT THERE BUT HE CONFIRMED
FOR US THAT NO SORORITY INVITED
HER TO JOIN.
>> IF WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT
ON PAPER, WHAT KIND OF PERSON
WOULD FIT, I THINK SHE FITS MORE
THAN YOUR AVERAGE PERSON.
>> Reporter: IF SHE WOULD HAVE
BEEN WHITE, DO YOU DO SHE WOULD
HAVE --
>> YEAH, I DO.
AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
>> NO DOUBT IN YOUR MIND.
>> REALLY, NO.
I DON'T THINK SO, NO.
THAT'S WHY I FELT SO STRONGLY
ABOUT IT TOO.
>>> THE UNIVERSITY RELEASE AD
STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, THEY
ARE WORKING TO, QUOTE, REMOVE
ANY BARRIERS THAT PREVENT YOUNG
WOMEN FROM MAKING THE CHOICES
THEY WANT TO MAKE.
THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF ALPHA GAMMA
DELTA REFER US TO THEIR NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION WHICH RELEASE AD
STATEMENT SAYING THEY HAVE A
STRONG AND CLEAR POLICY AGAINST
SELF-INCRIMINATION NATION.
THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE
INCIDENT.
ABBY CRANE AND MATTHEW FORD, TWO
EDITORS AT THE CAMPUS PAPER,
BROKE THE STORY ON WEDNESDAY.
AND IT IS FUELING CONVERSATION
BEYOND THE CAMPUS.
EVEN THE GOVERNOR IS WEIGHING
IN.
>> I ASKED MY WIFE ABOUT IT LAST
NIGHT.
SHE SAID IT IS NOT THE STUDENTS.
IT IS THE A ALUMNI.
PERSONALLY I THINK THEY NEED TO
CHANGE THEIR ATTITUDE.
>> Reporter: RACE IS A
PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TOPIC ON
CAMPUS.
IN FACT IT WAS HERE IN FRONT OF
FOSTER AUDITORIUM 50 YEARS AGO
ON JUNE OF 1963 THAT THEN
GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE STOOD IN
FRONT OF THESE DOORS AND TRIED
TO STOP THE FIRST TWO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS FROM
ENROLLING IN THE SCHOOL.
TODAY, HE SAID SOME OF HER
FELLOW STUDENTS HAVE PRIVATELY
TOLD HER THEY ARE GLAD SHE IS
SPEAKING OUT BUT SO FAR, SHE IS
THE ONLY ONE IN HER SORORITY TO
COME FORWARD PUBLICLY.
>> I DON'T BLAME THEM FOR NOT
SPEAKING OUT.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM BAD
PEOPLE.
IT JUST MAKES THEM SCARED TO DO
SUCH A BIG AND DARING THING.