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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.0025a_006.003
Description
The "Memphis State Eight", the first African American students to be admitted to Memphis State University in September 1959 standing near West Hall on Patterson Street. From left: John Simpson, Ralph Prater, Luther McClellan, Marvis LaVerne Kneeland, Bertha Rogers, Eleanor Gandy, Rose Blakney, and Sammie Burnett.
Date Created
6-18-2021
Date
1959 September
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Recommended Citation
"Memphis State Eight, Memphis State University, 1959" (2021). University of Memphis. 31.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/31
Keywords
Memphis State University., College integration--Tennessee--Memphis., Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis., University of Memphis.
