Autherine lucy foster, center, was the first black person to attend university of alabama in 1956 Growing up as the youngest of 10 children in an alabama farm family, she simply wanted to get the best education her state could offer The first black student to attend the university of alabama has died, days after a building on.
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In honor of black history month, today we share part 1 of the story of lucy foster
Born into slavery in 1767, lucy lived her later years as a free woman, living in her own home, on her own property.
It wasn't until 1988 that lucy — now married and known as autherine lucy foster — had her expulsion overturned
