Autherine Lucy became the first Black student to desegregate the University of Alabama on this day in 1956 despite violent threats from rioting white mobs. Lucy, who was ultimately expelled from the school on a weak technicality, re-entered the school in the ’80’s and completed her master’s degree. Autherine Juanita Lucy was born October 5, […]
Can you believe that this is still happening. Read More Alpha Gamma Delta sorority at The University of Alabama. (Photo courtesy of Facebook.)
 Nearly 50 years ago, at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, then-Gov. George Wallace stood in front of the Foster Auditorium doors and physically denied entry to two black students. This was despite the government’s desegregation mandate. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/28573
