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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.0025a_006.008
Description
The "Memphis State Eight", the first African American students to be admitted to Memphis State University in September 1959 with Dean of Men R.M. Robison. Seated from left: Sammie Burnett, Ralph Prater, Luther McClellan, Eleanor Gandy, Bertha Mae Rogers, John Simpson, Marvis LaVerne Kneeland and Rose Blakney.
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. 32.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/32
Keywords
University of Memphis., Memphis State University., College integration--Tennessee--Memphis.
