Foster Auditorium, National Historic Landmark in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Foster Auditorium is a red brick building with a light stone portico of six columns and a triangular pediment inscribed AUDITORIUM. Behind the columns, three tiers of windows rise above ground-level doors, and symmetrical brick wings with stone bands extend to either side. Built in 1939, it now houses the Crimson Tide women's basketball and volleyball programs.

On June 11, 1963, Governor George Wallace stood in the rear doorway to block Vivian Malone and James Hood from registering. President Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard; Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach confronted Wallace, who stepped aside. The building was named a National Historic Landmark on April 5, 2005.

The Malone-Hood Plaza and clock tower at the rear entrance commemorate the first African American students who enrolled at the University of Alabama. This memorial space reflects how the institution honors that pivotal moment in its history.

The actual doorway where George Wallace stood is at the rear entrance, not the columned front facade on the street side. That rear courtyard is now Malone-Hood Plaza, marked by the Autherine Lucy Clock Tower. Visitors arriving for events enter through the front portico; the plaza is the spot to look for the 1963 registration confrontation.

During a 1955 basketball game against North Carolina, Alabama player George Linn made an exceptionally long shot from the opposite baseline inside this venue. This rare athletic feat remains a notable moment in the building's sports history.