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Autherine Lucy: Separate Educational Facilities are Inherently Unequal

Posted By eBrandMe 805 days ago on Personal

https://www.beyouteous.com - On September 4, 1952, before Brown v. Board of Education case was issued, she and friend, Mollie Ann Meyers, sent their applications to the University of Alabama. Realizing that Lucy and Myers were African American, on September 20, 1952, were told that the university had made a mistake and not welcome. Lucy fought the situation in court with the NAACP for almost three years and won on June 29, 1955.More

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