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Autherine Juanita Lucy (October 5, 1929 – March 2, 2022) was an American activist who was the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, in 1956. [1] Her expulsion from the institution later that year led to the university's President Oliver Carmichael 's resignation.
Autherine Lucy Foster: Plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case styled Lucy v. Adams which prevented the University of Alabama from denying admission solely based on race or color. [3] Anita Hill: Honorary: Attorney, law professor, and civil rights activist; plaintiff in sexual harassment case vs. Clarence Thomas [4] Violette Neatley Anderson
The university suspended Lucy "for her own protection." Autherine Lucy and her legal team filed a case against the university, suing them for allowing the mob to congregate, but was not able to prove that they were responsible for the mob. After losing the case the University of Alabama had legal grounds to expel Lucy for defaming the school.
That Lucy was swiftly expelled by the Board of Trustees showed Alabama’s continued unbridled hatred. Campus debates and engagements prepare students for life and can build character and values ...
February 3 – Autherine Lucy is admitted to the University of Alabama. Whites riot for days, and she is suspended. Later, she is expelled for her part in filing legal action against the university. February 24 – The policy of Massive Resistance is declared by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. from Virginia.
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Petite and energetic, widow and philanthropist Irene Silverman was 82 when she mysteriously vanished from her multi-million-dollar townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side in the summer of 1998.
First African-American student to attend the University of Alabama: Autherine Lucy [13] Her expulsion from the institution later that year led to the university's President Oliver Carmichael's resignation. [14] [15] First African American to teach at college or university level in California: Betty Smith Williams. [16] [17] 1957