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.

Mar 2, 2022 · She was the first African American student to attend the University of Alabama, and many white people did not want her to attend. On her third day of school, she had to lock herself in a classroom after an angry group of white students chased her and threw rotten eggs.

1 day ago · On Feb. 3, 1956, Autherine Lucy made history by attending her first class at the University of Alabama, almost four years after she began to seek admission. She was the first Black student to ...

Born in Shiloh, AL, Autherine Lucy Foster, a notable figure of the Civil Rights Movement, was the first African-American student to attend The University of Alabama in 1956. Although she was accepted in 1952, her admittance was rescinded when it was discovered she was not white.

Jul 10, 2024 · Autherine Lucy, 1956 Autherine Lucy Foster (1929-2022) was the first African American to be enrolled at the University of Alabama (UA), in 1952. When school administrators found out her race, she was denied admittance but reenrolled in 1956 after a …

Feb 9, 2021 · The story of Autherine Lucy, who challenged segregation at the University of Alabama in 1956, is featured in the African American History Month page. Despite a federal court ruling, Lucy’s career as a student lasted just three days.

On Feb. 3, 1956, Autherine Lucy began classes in the library science program, becoming the first Black person to attend classes at the University. Just three days later, she was whisked to safety following threats against her life from a growing, angry mob.

For the next 121 years, the school's unwritten "whites only" policy went unchallenged. That began to change when on September 4, 1952 a pair of young women, Autherine Lucy and Pollie Anne Myers, would begin a long, arduous battle to end segregation at the University of Alabama.

Feb 3, 2023 · Sixty-seven years ago, the University of Alabama was an all-white institution. That changed in the first week of February 1956 when Autherine Lucy became the first Black student to enroll...

Mar 2, 2022 · Autherine Lucy, center, in 1956, after she had begun attending classes at the University of Alabama only to face mobs that attacked her.