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Lucy, Autherine, 1930-2022

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

James William Oakley Jr. Photographs

 Collection — Box 38034.001: [Barcode: 1006241591]
Identifier: 2010-020
Abstract

Photographs taken by James William Oakley Jr. during the week that Autherine Lucy, the first African American student at The University of Alabama, enrolled in February 1956.

Dates: 1956 February

Autherine Lucy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0881
Abstract

Court documents dealing with a suit brought by Autherine Lucy and Polly Anne Myers against The University of Alabama, as well as an invitation to her 1956 wedding and a newspaper clipping written when she graduated from UA with her master's degree in elementary education.

Dates: 1953 - 1957

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  • Type: Collection X
  • Subject: Segregation in higher education -- Alabama X

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African American women 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama 1
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Desegregation -- Alabama 1
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