Alabama removed its first black college student because of riots. But the school removed her from campus after just three days because of death threats and riots. Last week, she attended Alabama’s spring graduation as the school presented her with an honorary doctorate.

Autherine Lucy Foster was the first African American student to attend The University of Alabama. On Feb. 3, 1956 (65 years ago this week), Foster attended her first class as a graduate student in library science, becoming the first African American ever admitted to any white public school or university in Alabama.

The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door was an event in which Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in the door of the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963 to prevent the entry of two black students. A curious Forrest Gump found himself in the view of cameras documenting the event.

U.S. Autherine Juanita Lucy (born October 5, 1929) is an American activist who was the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, in 1956. Her expulsion from the institution later that year led to the university’s President Oliver Carmichael’s resignation.

Malone — later Vivian Malone Jones — became the university’s first African American graduate in 1965. He returned to the University of Alabama in 1995 and received a doctorate in interdisciplinary studies in 1997. James Alexander Hood was born Nov.

James Alexander Hood and Vivian Malone were the first African-Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963 and was made famous when Alabama Governor George Wallace blocked them from enrolling at the all-white university, an incident which became known as the “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door.”

She was 63. The cause was a stroke, her sister Sharon Malone told The Associated Press.

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Vivian Malone Jones In 1965, she became the first African-American student to graduate from the University, receiving a bachelor of arts in business management. A native of Mobile, Ala., Jones earned a bachelor’s degree at Alabama A&M, a predominantly black university.

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Hood was also taken to his dormitory room. [Katzenbach had procured their dorm room keys in advance by telling university officials that Justice Department officials needed to do a security sweep.] Katzenbach escorts Vivian Malone into Foster Auditorium.

On this day in history June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy orders the National Guard to force Alabama Governor George Wallace to end his blockade and desegregate the University of Alabama. When Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach asked Wallace to move aside, he refused.

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The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963.

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Known as the “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door,” Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963, to stop the enrollment of African-American students Vivan Malone and James Hood.

The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

Malone Jones was one of several Black students to have their applications rejected from UA because of “class size” and “enrollment” issues. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Alabama A&M, a predominantly black university, but it lost its accreditation.