Autherine Lucy Foster, who faced racist mobs and death threats as the first Black student to attend the University of Alabama, and who was suspended and ultimately expelled by a school board that was unable or unwilling to ensure her safety, died Wednesday at 92.
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A troubling series of decisions minimizing Black history and culture are happening in the midst of a time devoted to celebrating it. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his On My Mind commentary, looks at the contradiction.
During a special meeting on Friday, the board of trustees unanimously voted to rename Lucy-Graves Hall solely after Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black person to attend the school in 1956.