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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.0025a_006.007
Description
The "Memphis State Eight", the first African American students to be admitted to Memphis State University in September 1959. Seated from left: Ralph Prater, Luther McClellan, Eleanor Gandy, Bertha Rogers. Standing from left: John Simpson, Marvis LaVerne Kneeland, Sammie Burnett, Rose Blakney.
Date Created
6-21-2021
Date
1959 September
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Memphis State Eight, Memphis State University, 1959" (2021). University of Memphis. 36.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/36
Keywords
Memphis State University., University of Memphis., College integration--Tennessee--Memphis.
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