with the partnership of John A. Welch and Louis Fry, the commission for a new chapel, perhaps the most significant modern building constructed in Alabama.
The postwar decades were a time of continued expansion for Tuskegee, which added new programs and departments, adding graduate programs in several fields to reflect the rise of professional studies. For example, its School of Veterinary Medicine was added in 1944. Mechanical Engineering was added in 1953, and a four-year program in Architecture in 1957, with a six-year program in 1965.
=== Civil Rights activism (1960s) ===
During the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, students at Tuskegee Institute formed the Tuskegee Institute Advancement League (TIAL) to lead civil rights activities on campus. Although TIAL was an affiliate of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), its leaders were local Tuskegee Institute students. TIAL led sit-ins at the state capital, wade-ins (to desegregate city pools), voter registration efforts and education in rural areas …
