Lucy, Autherine, 1929-2022

Authoritative Name:

Lucy, Autherine, 1929-2022

Biography:

In 1956 after a three-year court battle, Autherine Lucy became the first African American to enroll at the University of Alabama. However, after three days of rioting, the university suspended her for her own protection; she was later expelled after her lawyers accused university officials of conspiring with the rioters.

Associated Subjects:

Lucy, Autherine, 1929-2022

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

34 items in 7 collections (expand all)

Arthur Shores and Autherine Lucy at the home of Dr. Lucius Pitts on the campus of Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Jones, Ed
Date of Original:: 1971-03-19
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Arthur Shores and Autherine Lucy in his office in Birmingham, Alabama, probably after her exclusion from classes at the University of Alabama.

Creator:: Perry, Eldred
Date of Original:: 1956
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Arthur Shores at the home of Dr. Lucius Pitts on the campus of Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Jones, Ed
Date of Original:: 1971-03-19
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Autherine Lucy after a hearing at the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama.

Date of Original:: 1956
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Autherine Lucy and Arthur Shores at the home of Dr. Lucius Pitts on the campus of Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Jones, Ed
Date of Original:: 1971-03-19
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Autherine Lucy and Arthur Shores reading correspondence (possibly her acceptance letter) from the Office of Admissions and Records at the University of Alabama.

Creator:: Jones, Ed
Date of Original:: 1956
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Autherine Lucy and a group of students waiting in line

Date of Original:: 1956-02
Collection:: Donn Sanford Photographs
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

Autherine Lucy and two women walking on campus

Date of Original:: 1956-02
Collection:: Donn Sanford Photographs
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

Autherine Lucy in conversation with an unknown woman

Date of Original:: 1956-02
Collection:: Donn Sanford Photographs
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

Autherine Lucy walking through a door

Date of Original:: 1956-02
Collection:: Donn Sanford Photographs
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

Small group of people looking at a document

Date of Original:: 1956-02
Collection:: Donn Sanford Photographs
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

Woman exiting the ladies room as Autherine Lucy talks to an unseen individual

Date of Original:: 1956-02
Collection:: Donn Sanford Photographs
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

Arthur Davis Shores

Creator:: Woodham, Rebecca
Date of Original:: 2008-08-16
Collection:: Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:: Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Unread Proof--Economist

Creator:: Unknown
Date of Original:: 1956
Collection:: James W. Silver Collection
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Photograph, [1955], (New York, N.Y.), of Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., Roy Wilkins, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others, Civil Rights Rally

Date of Original:: 1955
Collection:: Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000
Contributing Institution:: South Caroliniana Library

Southern school news

Creator:: Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:: 1956-02-01
Collection:: Southern school news
Contributing Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:: Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:: 1957-01-01
Collection:: Southern school news
Contributing Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:: Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:: 1956-05-01
Collection:: Southern school news
Contributing Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:: Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:: 1956-03-01
Collection:: Southern school news
Contributing Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:: Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:: 1956-12-01
Collection:: Southern school news
Contributing Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:: Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:: 1963-06-01
Collection:: Southern school news
Contributing Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries

Telegram. NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins to Herbert Brownell concerning the expulsion of Autherine Lucy, February 7, 1956

Creator:: Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Date of Original:: 1956-02-07
Collection:: With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress