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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.0025a_006.018
Description
LaVerne Kneeland (left) and Rosie Blakney, among the first Black students admitted to Memphis State University and later known as the Memphis Eight, on the first day of classes, September 18, 1959.
Date Created
2021
Date
1959 September 18
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Memphis State Eight, Memphis State University, 1959" (2021). University of Memphis. 60.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/60
Keywords
Download Medium Thumbnail KEYWORDS Memphis State University., College integration--Tennessee--Memphis., Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis, University of Memphis.
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