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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.0025a_006.005
Description
Luther McClellan (left) and Ralph Prater, members of the Memphis State Eight, with Dean of Men R.M. Robison (standing), at Memphis State University in September 1959. The eight African American students were the first to be admitted to the university.
Date Created
6-22-2021
Date
1950s
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Recommended Citation
"Memphis State Eight, Memphis State University, 1959" (2021). University of Memphis. 49.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/49
Keywords
College integration--Tennessee--Memphis., Memphis State University., University of Memphis.
