NAACP v Alabama

Autherine Lucy, left, and her legal team, NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall, center, and Birmingham lawyer Arthur Shores. Lucy was the first African American to attend the University of Alabama.

Autherine Lucy and NAACP legal team including Thurgood Marshall and Arthur Shores leaving the Birmingham federal courthouse, 1956
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Autherine Lucy and NAACP legal team including Thurgood Marshall and Arthur Shores leaving the Birmingham federal courthouse, 1956