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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.0025a_006.002
Description
Three of the first African American students to be admitted to Memphis State University, known later as the Memphis State Eight, in September 1959. L to r: Rose Blakney, Bertha Rogers and Marvis LaVerne Kneeland. The three white students are not identified.
Date Created
6-21-2021
Date
1959 September
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Recommended Citation
"Memphis State Eight, Memphis State University, 1959" (2021). University of Memphis. 40.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/40
Keywords
Memphis State University., College integration--Tennessee--Memphis., Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis, University of Memphis.
