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.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY, I 
HOPE, OF 
