People, most likely female students, looking out of dorm windows at night, 1956 February 4

Item — Box: 38034.001, Folder: 2010.020.000012

Identifier: 2010.020.000012

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

James William Oakley Jr. took these photographs during the week that Autherine Lucy, the first African American student at The University of Alabama, enrolled in February 1956. Photos do not show Lucy. Photos instead focus on crowds that gathered on campus an in downtown Tuscaloosa in protest of her enrollment. Oakley was a student at the University at the time.

Dates

Creation: 1956 February 4

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