10 years ago, Alabama entered the 2008 football season as a plucky underdog, a dark horse that some believed could provide a challenge to preseason top 10 opponents Clemson and Georgia. By mid-October of 2008, Alabama had shocked the college football world with a pair of stunning upsets.
“The people of Alabama have more in common than that divides us. Turning the Tide is an institutional and cultural history of a dramatic decade of change at the University of Alabama set against the backdrop of desegregation, the continuing civil rights struggle, and the growing antiwar movement. This book documents the period when a handful of University of Alabama student activists formed an alliance with President Frank A.

His ability to keep the story flowing into the transitional 1970s without advocacy or rancor, but with factual assessment, makes this a valuable book not only for alumni, but for those who want to see how a major institution changed into what it is today." The RBR Reading Room reviews "Turning of the Tide" Don Yeager's story of the 1970 Alabama v USC game and how running back Sam Cunningham help integrate southern football. “Earl Tilford’s carefully researched and beautifully written account of the university during a time of transition and turmoil is a must read for Alabama alumni of any era.” —Dag Rowe, Class of 1969"Tilford’s is a balanced, thoughtful, indeed, objective assessment of that era. —

Turning the Tide, Turning the Tide, 0817318143, 0-8173-1814-3, 978-0-8173-1814-7, 9780817318147, , , Turning the Tide, 0817387250, 0-8173-8725-0, 978-0-8173-8725-9, 9780817387259, , , Turning the Tide, 0817358587, 0-8173-5858-7, 978-0-8173-5858-7, 9780817358587, Turning the Tide is a compelling read for anyone ever associated with this University, or with life in the 1960's South, or anyone who wishes to understand the fierce currents that gripped the scene of this, and other, institutions of higher learning during a true inflection point in the region's history.

Today is a turning of the tide.

Last night, Doug Jones won the Senate race in the state of Alabama. It was the last time Alabama football would take anybody by surprise in the Nick Saban Era.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our © 2020 Advance Local Media LLC.

Nick Saban’s arrival in Tuscaloosa in 2007 took the Crimson Tide from being a punchline that few teams took seriously to the most powerful dynasty in the sport’s history. All rights reserved ( Rose, his staff, and a small group of …

The premise of TURNING OF THE TIDE is that this one game changed college football in the South for all time by demonstrating that Black players could excel on the gridiron and that unintegrated teams needed to cross the color barrier in order to stay competitive with the rest of …

We have shown not just Alabama, but America the way that we can be unified,” proclaimed Senator …


Welcome to another edition of Turning of the Tide, in which AL…

It was the last time Alabama football would take anybody by surprise in the Nick Saban Era.