In an effort to comply with a federal memo sent by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in July, the University of Alabama has eliminated Nineteen Fifty-Six, a magazine run by student journalists that covers Black student life and culture, according to a report from The Crimson White. The university has also eliminated Alice Magazine, another student-run publication covering fashion and wellness with an emphasis on women.
Steven Hood, vice president of student life, recently told the staff of each magazine that the closure of Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazine was due to each outlet targeting a specific group based on race and sex, respectively. Notably, neither magazine had received any complaints regarding their content.
The following day, a university spokesperson said the university is required to “ensure all members of our community feel welcome to participate in programs that receive university funding from the Office of Student Media.”
However, although Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazine focus their content on specific populations, neither publication barred participation based on personal characteristics, with both outlets hiring staff who were not part of their target audiences.
Kendal Wright, editor-in-chief of Nineteen Fifty-Six, told The Crimson White, “This publication has cultivated incredibly talented and budding Black student journalists and brought our community on campus together in such a beautiful way.”
In response to the magazines’ closure, a petition was created calling on the university to reinstate Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazine
“It is imperative that we remain steadfast and recognize that our voices and stories cannot be silenced,” said Wright. “Not by any ruling, not by any memo, and not by anybody.”
America voted for this, including some 15 percent of black folk.
Hey Kendal,
It appears that so-called Black American from these racist Southern 21st Century Confederate schools are shocked at their disparate treatment from the University of Alabama. For some strange reasons these highly misinformed Black students believe they’ve arrived for being a student at the University of Alabama. When in fact, Black American students at the University of Alabama are treated as damn second-class citizens even in 2025. Talk about serious confusion. For example, when a dark-skinned so-called Black American female who aspired to join a pampered and narcissistic White sorority and was REJECTED clearly shows how the Black middle and upper class have failed on numerous fronts.
Moving forward, I would publicly challenge people like Kendal and all of those affiliated with Nineteen Fifty-Six need to say the “hell with racist as University of Alabama and Pres. Trump” and pursue the INDEPENDENT route. Thereby, you can be officially delinked from your White ‘University of Alabama daddy’. Unfortunately, too many of such persons still deep-seated Stockholm Syndrome in the 21st century.