1956: Integration Fail at Alabama
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Seven years before Gov. George Wallace's Stand in the Schoolhouse Door, Autherine Lucy integrates the University of Alabama. But she's expelled after two days — "for her own protection." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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