“The fact that they were willing to do that, she was honored,” Autherine Lucy Foster’s daughter, Angela Foster Dickerson, said.
to honor the school’s first ever Black student, Autherine Lucy Foster.
after Autherine and former Governor Bibb Graves. But, Graves was a former KKK leader and some did not think the two names should be on the same building. Dickerson said 92-year-old Autherine didn’t care either way. Dickerson said while her mother was happy no matter the name, she’s thankful they voted to just honor her mother.
While Foster is celebrated now by the university, that wasn’t always the case. Back in 1956, mobs and threats of violence forced her to leave. But, her expulsion was reversed in 1988 and she went back and got her Master’s Degree.Dickerson said for her mother, the name ‘Autherine Lucy Hall’ means so much because it is coming from the University that means so much to her.
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