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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
A memorial service for Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to enroll at the University of Alabama, featured laughs, music and good spirits.
First African-American to attend the University of Alabama: Autherine Lucy. [36] She and Pollie Anne Myers had previously been the first black students admitted to the university, but had to undergo a three-year legal campaign to attend, and the university then found a pretext to block Myers's eventual admittance. [37]
The name of Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student at the University of Alabama, will no longer be honored The post Univ. of Alabama renames building for first Black student, drops name of ...
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
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.
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