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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.0025a_006.014
Description
Attorneys H.T. Lockard (left) and A.W. Willis, Jr. discuss their next legal move with (l-r) Ralph Prater (17 years old), Mavis Kneeland (17), Sammie Burnett (18) and Harriet Riddy (19) after Federal Court dismissed a temporary restraining order in their quest to enroll at Memphis State University, September 16, 1958. Photographer: Robert Williams.
Date Created
6-21-2021
Date
1958 September 16
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Memphis State University integration case, 1958" (2021). University of Memphis. 38.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/38
Keywords
University of Memphis., Memphis State University., College integration--Tennessee--Memphis.
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