The papers of civil rights pioneer Alice Jackson Stuart, who was denied admission to the University in 1934, recently were given to the University library by her family.
Included in the documents is correspondence between Stuart and the University, who rejected her application to graduate school on the basis of race and "other good and sufficient reasons." She responded with a letter requesting specifics on the other reasons.
The conflict led to a court case in which Stuart was represented by the NAACP. Her lawyers included later United States Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall. The outcome of the case resulted in the Virginia General Assembly passing a law that paid black Virginians to attend graduate school outside the commonwealth.
The law ultimately was overturned by the United States Supreme Court, but Stuart never was admitted to the University.
Also included in the papers are photographs and documents from later in her life. Stuart was a professor at historically black colleges for more than 50 years. She was honored by the Virginia General Assembly in 1990 for her courage in opposing the University's admission policy.
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