She’s blue, da ba dee, da ba da! Travis Barker‘s daughter Alabama Barker, 16, enjoyed a night out at the town and debuted a new wavy, neon-blue hairstyle while posing for photographs. Joined by her best friend, Jordyn Woods‘ little sister Jodie Woods, 16, Alabama proved she’s part of the new generation of Hollywood’s trendiest kids, and now has the turquoise locks to match.
Autherine Lucy Foster (1929–2022), first Black student at the University of Alabama
03.03.2022 - 18:45 / legacy.com
Autherine Lucy Foster was an icon of the civil rights movement as the first Black student to attend the University of Alabama.Foster had already received her bachelor’s degree from Mills College when she decided to seek admission to the segregated University of Alabama as a graduate student in 1952. She was initially admitted on her qualifications, but the admission was revoked when school authorities learned she was Black. Foster worked with the NAACP to fight for admission.
Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993) represented her in court on the heels of his victory in Brown v. Board of Education. After a two-year legal battle that made it to the Supreme Court, the university was required to allow Foster to enroll.
They did, but specified that she was not allowed in dining halls of dormitories.Foster’s academic career at the University of Alabama only lasted three days in 1956, during which students led protests against her, throwing rocks and eggs at her and threatening her life. After three days, she was suspended, ostensibly for the university’s safety. Foster was later expelled and banned from reenrolling at the University.
It would be eight years until another Black student enrolled there; Vivian Malone (1942–2005) and James Hood (1942–2013) also became civil rights icons for their historic enrollment at the University of Alabama. The ban against Foster stood for more than three decades while she worked as a teacher. In 1988, the ban was dropped and Foster enrolled as a graduate student.
She earned her master’s degree in 1992.In the years since Lucy was allowed to reenroll at the University of Alabama, the school has honored her in a number of ways. Upon her 1992 graduation, her portrait was hung in the student union. The
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