What is Autherine Lucy?
{{Infobox person |image = Autherine Lucy (cropped).jpg |alt = |caption = Lucy in 1955 |birth_name = Autherine Juanita Lucy |birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|10|05}} |birth_place = [[Shiloh, Marengo County, Alabama|Shiloh, Alabama]], U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|03|02|1929|10|05}} |death_place = |death_cause = |known_for = First African-American student to attend the [[University of Alabama]], 1956 |education = {{ubl|[[Selma University]] ([[Associate of Arts|AA]])|[[Miles College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[University of Alabama]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])}} |occupation = Educator, professor |years_active = 1956–2022 |relations = [[Nikema Williams]] (grandniece) }} '''Autherine Juanita Lucy''' (October 5, 1929 – March 2, 2022) was an American activist and academic. She was the first [[African-American]] student to attend the [[University of Alabama]], in 1956.<ref>{{cite news |title=Civil rights pioneer Vivian Jones dies |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-10-13-jonesobit_x.htm |newspaper=USA Today |date=2005-10-13 |access-date=2007-11-23 }}</ref> Lucy was expelled from the institution later that year and led to the university's President [[Oliver Carmichael]]'s resignation.<ref>{{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|title=Expelled in 1956, Autherine Lucy Foster Receives Honorary Doctorate from University of Alabama|url=https://www.apr.org/post/expelled-1956-autherine-lucy-foster-receives-honorary-doctorate-university-alabama|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.apr.org|date=6 May 2019|language=en}}</ref> Years later, the University admitted her as a master's student. Lucy died on March 2, 2022, at the age of 92.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Autherine Lucy Foster, UA's first Black student, has died |url=https://www.wsfa.com/2022/03/02/autherine-lucy-foster-uas-first-black-student-has-died/ |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=WSFA |language=en}}</ref> Her grandniece, [[Nikema Williams]], is a member of the [[United States House of Representati