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 ...

It was first published on Feb. 7, 1956, after riots by racist mobs led to the dismissal of Autherine Lucy, the first Black student to attend the University of Alabama. When mobs start imposing ...

Wherever 26-year-old Autherine Lucy went on her first day at the University of Alabama last week, a policeman dogged her footsteps. “You get all kinds of assignments,” the officer grumbled to ...

The Till murder trial, the riots surrounding Autherine Lucy's attempt to enter the University of Alabama, the mobilization of white citizens' councils, the rantings of Eastland and Talmadge all ...