Alabama football team marches for social change on campus

Updated: Aug 31, 2020 / 03:52 PM CDT

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at campaign event at Mill 19 in Pittsburgh, Pa., Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (NewsNation) – Alabama football players and coaches marched on campus Monday to protest social injustice and call for lasting social change.

The team marched from the Mal Moore Athletic Facility to the schoolhouse door at Foster Auditorium. That’s where former Alabama governor George Wallace stood on June 11, 1963 in a symbolic attempt to stop the federal desegregation of schools.

Alabama running back Najee Harris tweeted details about the planned march Friday evening:

Alabama football – players and coaches – are marching from the Mal Moore Athletics Facility at 4 p.m. Monday to meet at the schoolhouse door at Foster Auditorium. We want our voices to be heard as we strive to enact social change and rid our world of social injustices.
— Najee Harris (@ohthatsNajee22) August 29, 2020