Last Wednesday, Nineteen Fifty-Six Magazine was recognized as a 2026 Magazine Pacemaker finalist by the Associated College Press. Nineteen Fifty-Six Magazine competed in the feature/general audience division against other four-year institutions.
“When I was looking through the website, the first image I saw was the magazine that I worked on,” said Grant Sturdivant, photo and styling editor for Sixty-Three Magazine. “When the campus took away Nineteen Fifty-Six Magazine, it was pretty devastating, but to see that was a testimony to our magazine and proof of something great that this campus took away.”
In December 2025, the University suspended Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six, following a federal memorandum concerning funding of DEI programs. To continue their work, the editors created an independent magazine titled Sixty-Three.
“Whether it’s Nineteen Fifty-Six or Sixty-Three, I feel like we will still focus on the Black experience and what Black college students go through,” said Delvin McMillian, former writer for Nineteen Fifty-Six. “I think it’s amazing to go from being defunded, building ourselves back up, and now being finalists. It’s definitely a blessing.”
Gary Lundgren, ACP associate director and coordinator of the Pacemaker competition, noted the quality of the winning student magazines rivals those produced by professionals.
“The verbal and visual storytelling in the winning magazines is incredible and robust long-form stories combined with shorter quick-reads to pace the reader through the pages of the feature magazines,” Lundgren said.
Sturdivant said that his photo essay “Work Life Balance” was “a symbolism of how hard Black people work in business and how much of a load they have to carry on their shoulders.”
“One thing about me as a photographer is that I am a storyteller. I love to document, and I see the world differently than others might see it,” Sturdivant said. “There is a true power dynamic in my photography. I take pictures at a high angle or a low angle to tell the story.”
McMillian’s piece, “Leading by Example,” emphasized the importance of mentorship in Black communities.
“Mental health was a topic of discussion for me because sometimes Black men aren’t taught properly how to express themselves,” McMillian said. “I talked about anger, stress and anxiety to share the importance of mental health, not just with Black people, but for all people.”
A wide variety of magazines competed to win a Pacemaker.
“I saw many magazines from California, Maryland and all throughout the country, so for a magazine from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to be a part of this, it’s pretty special to me,” Sturdivant said.
Five of the 21 finalists in the category will earn Pacemakers. Pacemaker winners will be announced at the ACP Awards Ceremony during the Fall National College Media Convention in Kansas City, MO.
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