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Expelled in 1956, Black Woman Gets Doctorate At U of Alabama

Associated Press by Associated Press
November 16, 2019
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Expelled in 1956, Black Woman Gets Doctorate At U of Alabama

Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, received an honorary doctorate degree May 3 from the university where her presence brought mobs of protesters in 1956.

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The Tuscaloosa News reported that Foster, 89 received the degree during graduation ceremonies. She enrolled at the all-White university in 1956. However, she was expelled three days later after her presence brought protests and threats against her life.

This photo provided by UA Strategic Communications Autherine Lucy Foster acknowledges the crowd as she receives a an honorary doctoral degree during a commencement exercise at The University of Alabama on Friday, May 3, 2019 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The university bestowed the honorary doctorate degree to Foster, the first African American to attend the university. (Zach Riggins/UA Strategic Communications via AP)

Foster received a standing ovation May 3, news outlets report.

Before receiving the honor, she remarked on the difference in seeing smiling faces “instead of frowning and displeased at my being here.”

“I sat down last night, and when I thought about it, I was crying. The tears were just rolling down my eyes because it is so different and so unique for me to be able to come to such a university as this. That is a wonderful campus out there,” Foster told the newspaper.

Her brief enrollment came after a lengthy court battle. She had first applied to the university in 1952 after earning a degree in English from Miles College, but her acceptance was rescinded because she was not White.

African American students did not return to the campus until 1963 when Gov. George Wallace made his infamous stand in the school house door.

Foster earned a master’s degree in education from the university in 1991, more than 35 years after attending her first class.  She waited until 1992 to graduate to share the moment with her daughter, who is also a UA alumna.

The university recognized Foster in 2017 with a historic marker in front of Graves Hall which houses the college of education. The university also named the clock tower at Malone Hood Plaza after Foster.

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