While I agree with your post, @NoVADad99, I think affordability is the other issue. Even if a low-income student (of any race) has the requisite stats, if he isn’t eligible for sufficient need-based aid, UA is off the table. Unfortunately, that’s how it is in most states, where there’s little appetite for funding any state universities, flagship or not.
@MYOS1634, UA does have a bridge program with Shelton State for students who didn’t quite make the cutoff as freshmen, and the Crimson EDGE program is for students with borderline stats who need more oversight/support.
They also offer scholarships to in-state transfer students through Alabama’s Promise and other programs:
http://scholarships.ua.edu/transfer/ala_promise.html
http://scholarships.ua.edu/transfer/
Not saying they’re perfect of fully adequate to address all the needs out there, but they’re not being ignored either. It’s hard to be “all things to all people.”