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Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0452.01.0025a_006.018

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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.

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2021

Date

1959 September 18

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Download Medium Thumbnail KEYWORDS Memphis State University., College integration--Tennessee--Memphis., Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis, University of Memphis.

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