Alice Jackson Stuart
African-American teacher, was denied entry into University of Virginia
Alice Carlotta Jackson Stuart (June 2, 1913 – June 13, 2001) was an American educator who was the first African-American woman to apply for graduate school studies at the University of Virginia. She was denied on the basis of "good and sufficient reasons" and later went on to earn her Master of Arts at Columbia University in 1937.
Biography
Alice Jackson was born on June 2, 1913, in Richmond, Virginia, to pharmacist James Jackson and Clara Kersey Jackson. With three siblings, her brother was Communist Party USA official James E. Jackson. Stuart was born to college-educated parents who could afford to send her to college. As a result, Stuart attended Virginia Union University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English. During her time studying as an undergraduate, Stuart was a part of Virginia State College's Delta Sigma Theta chapter.
In August 1935, Stuart became the first African-American woman to apply to the University of Virginia (UVa) for graduate studies. She was denied based upon the Jim Crow educational policies that existed during the time. The school board refused to explain the "good and sufficient reasons" for which she was denied entry.
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