The first Black student to attend the University of Alabama has died, days after a building on campus was dedicated in her honor, the university announced in a statement.
Autherine Lucy Foster, whose last name was then Lucy, made history in 1956 when she enrolled as the university's first Black student. She was the first Black person to go to an all-White school or university in the state."While we mourn the loss of a legend who embodied love, integrity and a spirit of determination, we are comforted by knowing her legacy will continue at The University of Alabama and beyond," UA President Stuart R. Bell said in a statement.
She had an endowed scholarship named after her by the university, which is given to a Black undergraduate student yearly. A clock tower was dedicated to her in 2010. In 2019, Foster received an honorary doctorate from the University of Alabama.Autherine Lucy Foster spoke at a February 25 ceremony of the renaming of a building in her honor at the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa.
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