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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.025_006.001
Description
Memphis State University Homecoming Queen Maybelline Forbes escorted by Bill Wheat, Student Association president (right), October 18, 1970. Forbes was crowned two days earlier. She was the first black queen at the university.
Date Created
6-16-2021
Date
1970 October 18
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Memphis State University Homecoming Queen Maybelline Forbes, 1970" (2021). University of Memphis. 14.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/14
Keywords
Pageant contestants--Tennessee--Memphis., Memphis State University., College Students--Tennessee--Memphis., University of Memphis.
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