Source: MLK Library / MLK Library
On this day in black history:
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1956
Autherine J. Lucy becomes the first black student to attend the University of Alabama. She was expelled three days later “for her own safety” in response to threats from a mob. In 1992 Autherine Lucy Foster graduated from the University with a master’s degree in education. The same day, her daughter, Grazia Foster, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in corporate finance.
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1870
Black suffrage ~ The 15th Amendment, providing for Black suffrage, was ratified
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1920 – The Negro Baseball League founded. 1965 Geraldine McCullough ~ wins Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture
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1903
Jack Johnson ~ (first Black heavyweight champion) wins the “Negro Heavyweight Title”
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On This Day In Black History – February 3 was originally published on praisecharlotte.com
