You see why I say America was built for Whites only.
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Nice! Congrats!
Good for her. This is late in coming!
This is bittersweet! Unbelievable this ever happened to begin with!
One thing I will say about the University of Alabama is that over the past 10 years they’ve really tried to cope with the harm they wrought people during the Jim Crowe Era.
May God bless her and her family.
It's dramatic! It's a wonderful life ~
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Univ. of Alabama's first black student Autherine Lucy Foster receives honorary doctorateThe first black student to enroll at the University of Alabama, who was expelled from the school after 3 days following riots on the campus protesting her admission, has been awarded an honorary doctorate 60 years later. - NBCBLK NBCBLK She would definitely be banned from Cubs' stadium. NBCBLK No rush then.... NBCBLK They shld give her money to make up for all the pain and suffering they caused
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