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Activist Who Helped Desegregate Birmingham Library Dies
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, received an honorary doctorate degree Friday from the university where her presence brought mobs of protesters in 1956.
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.
Foster received a standing ovation Friday, news outlets report.
Alabama man who helped desegregate the Birmingham Public Library dies Share Updated: 10:20 PM CDT Jul 22, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 10:20 PM CDT Jul 22, 2021
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Show Transcript A SET UPDATE TO SHARE TONIGHT SHELLEY MILLENDER JR. WHO HELPED DESEGREGATE THE BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY DIED LAST WEEK ON APRIL 10TH, 1963. HE AND OTHER MILES COLLEGE STUDENTS STAGED TO SIT IN AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH DIDN’T ALLOW BLACKS INSIDE LIBRARY LEADERSHIP AGREED TO END SEGREGATION THERE MAKING I OTNE OF THE FEW PUBLIC FACILITIES IN BIRMIHANGM THAT
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