University of Alabama's 1st black graduate dies

[Debau2005]

ATLANTA - Vivian Malone Jones, one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama led to George Wallace’s infamous “stand in the schoolhouse door” in 1963, died Thursday, her sister said. She was 63.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9687337/

[deadparrot]

1. May she RIP.

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[ewagner]

2. May she RIP

but 63 is awful young isn't it?

She exhibited great courage.

[YDogg]

3. RIP

She was a hero to those of us - of any race - who followed her there.

[BamaLefty]

4. God Bless That Lady

After all the turmoil that she went through in attending UA, she has really been uplifted since the school's integration. I hate to hear this because of my allegiance to the University of Alabama and dedication to civil rights.

I guarantee that UA will honor Mrs. Jones. She certainly deserves it.

Rest in peace, Vivian.

[Javaman]

5. Rest in peace, you fought the good fight, now time to rest.

[malaise]

6. RIP Vivian Jones

You were a pioneer.

[rurallib]

7. Thank you Vivian Malone Jones!

I remember that day well on the old black & white TV screen. What courage! Hard to imagine today how much pure courage it took to enter Alabama University! Thank you so much.
May you rest in peace and may the memory of your courageous act never be forgotten!

[jaysunb]

8. RIP

I had the pleasure of meeting this lovely lady when I was "freedom riding" in 1963. (I had one hell of a crush on her for quite sometime. LOL !) Her quiet thoughtfulness & resolve left a lifetime impression on me.

~Angels everywhere~

[goclark]

9. A Real Hero!! RIP

[Solly Mack]

10. Damn. I was hoping she'd pull through

Thank you, Vivian Malone Jones, for being a much needed ripple

[maddezmom]

11. kick

[NVMojo]

12. Civil Rights Pioneer Vivian Jones Dies

ATLANTA (AP) - Vivian Malone Jones, one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama led to George Wallace's infamous "stand in the schoolhouse door" in 1963, died Thursday. She was 63.

Jones, who went on to become the first black to graduate from the school, died at Atlanta Medical Center, where she had been admitted Tuesday after suffering a stroke, said her sister, Sharon Malone.

"She was absolutely fine Monday," Sharon Malone said.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2005/oct/13/101302249.html

[nofurylike]

13. Rest in Peace, Vivian Malone Jones

so young! a stroke...
these dreadful times?

i am so sorry we did not, could not carry your heroic strides ever forward!!
we will keep trying


thank you for posting this sad news, NVMojo


Peace

[NVMojo]

15. the timing of her death is almost poignant ...

[nofurylike]

16. it is, it really is. too much heart and soul ache... cry. eom

[psychopomp]

14. RIP Ms. Jones

What a courageous person! I would have had a stroke forty-two years ago, had I been thrust into such a situation.

[Ferret Annica]

17. Thankyou for your courage and strenght Mrs. Jones

We all won because you won the right people should never have been denied; the right to an education regardless of their skin color.

[nofurylike]

18. "so i'll keep doin the work you were doin...."

:kick:


peace...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

19. RIP, Vivian Jones.

:patriot: