James Hood

James Alexander Hood was one of the first African Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963, and was made famous when Alabama Governor George Wallace attempted to block him and fellow student Vivian Malone from enrolling at the then all-white university, an incident which became known as the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door".

10 November 1942

Born on the same birth date (10 November 1942): Hans-Rudolf Merz • Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Born on the same birth day (10 November): Cherno Samba • Chris Joannou • Christian Convery • Dimitri Petratos • Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine • Jack Clark (baseball) • Jacob Pullen • Jimmy Dykes • John Moore (British writer) • Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu • Ralfs Grīnbergs • Ruth Davidson • Ryback • Vachel Lindsay • Vedat Dalokay • Wilfried Zaha

Born in the same month (November 1942): Bob Einstein • Diane Wolkstein • Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul • Jean Ping • Joanna Pettet • John P. Hammond • Linda Evans • Martin Cruz Smith • Martin Scorsese • Michael Craze • Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences • Partha Dasgupta • Patricia Bath • Sandro Mazzola • Shere Hite • Susan Sullivan • Tom Weiskopf