Nation University of Alabama honors first Black student next to former KKK leader. Many are outraged. February 8, 2022February 8, 2022Christine Fernando, USA TODAYComments Off on University of Alabama honors first Black student next to former KKK leader. Many are outraged. The University of Alabama board of trustees is renaming a building after Autherine Lucy Foster and former Gov. Bibb Graves, who was in the KKK.