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Civil rights activist and son to re-create historic walk

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Dr. Sonnie Hereford III

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A Huntsville civil rights activist and his son will commemorate the desegregation of Alabama schools this week. Monday morning, Dr. Sonnie Hereford III and his son, Sonnie Hereford IV, will re-create the walk to school they made 50 years ago, when the elder Hereford, then just six years old, became the first black student to attend an all-white school. They will re-trace...


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