Archie Wade was born in Big Cove, Ala., on Oct. 2, 1939, the eldest of Robert and Ella Wade’s seven children. When he was in high school, the family settled in Tuscaloosa, where they became ...

Archie Wade, a man sometimes called the University of Alabama's Jackie Robinson, integrating the faculty, and assisting legendary head football coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant in recruiting Black ...

Dr. Archie Wade, a Tuscaloosa native, was born in Big Cove in Madison County on Oct. 2, 1939 and attended Stillman College. He went on to coach basketball and baseball there, before going on to ...

Archie Wade, retired from a long career in radio, still enjoys performing magic tricks for audiences. Wade’s first radio job was in Canton, Mississippi. As a full-time DJ.

Archie Wade, a man sometimes called the University of Alabama's Jackie Robinson, integrating the faculty, and assisting legendary head football coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant in recruiting Black ...

Dr. Archie Wade, The University of Alabama’s first Black faculty member, died Jan. 13. He was 85. Dr. Wade, a Tuscaloosa native, was born in Big Cove in Madison County on Oct. 2, 1939 and ...

Archie Wade, University of Alabama’s First Black Faculty Member, Dies at 85. A leader on the front lines of the civil-rights movement, he was stoic in the face of dehumanizing behavior, ...