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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.0025a_006.010
Description
In June 1954, a group of African American students attempted to gain admission to Memphis State College but were denied. Standing inside the Administration building are (l-r): Ruth Booker, J.F. Estes (attorney), Rev. Van J. Malone (President, Memphis NAACP), Dovie Booker (obscured by Nellie Peoples), Nellie Peoples and Mardest Knowles. Elijah Noel can just be seen behind Dovie Booker.
Date Created
6-22-2021
Date
1954 June
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Recommended Citation
"Memphis State College integration attempt thwarted, 1954" (2021). University of Memphis. 46.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/46
Keywords
University of Memphis., Memphis State College., Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis., College integration--Tennessee--Memphis.
