Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty-seven years ago, the University of Alabama was an all-white institution. That changed in the first week of February 1956 ...

Amber Scales still cherishes a photo of her and Autherine Lucy Foster, taken on a muggy fall day in 2017. Scales remembers how the older woman’s bright yellow sweater matched the sandals on her feet.

The night before a 26-year-old secretary from Birmingham was set to enroll as the first Black student in The University of Alabama’s 124 years of existence, four crosses were burned on the Tuscaloosa ...

On Feb. 3, 1956, Autherine Lucy made history by attending her first class at the University of Alabama, almost four years after she began to seek admission. She was the first Black student to attend ...

After a week of backlash, the University of Alabama System’s Board of Trustees voted Friday to name a building after the school’s first Black student instead of having her share the name with a Ku ...

The Lucy Desi Museum hosted over 250 third through sixth grade Jamestown Public School students for tours, photos and fun as a culminating event for their year-long "Lucy Lessons." Jamestown Public ...

When Hilary Green received tenure at the University of Alabama, she knew exactly how she wanted to celebrate. The associate professor of history visited the campus' historical marker dedicated to the ...

Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to enroll at the University of Alabama, died Wednesday. She was 92. University officials announced her death in a statement. Her daughter, Angela Foster ...

Her career there lasted only three days; attacked by mobs, she was suspended and then expelled. Today, a campus building is named in her honor. By Richard Goldstein See more of our coverage in your ...