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Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

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sc.0475.72426.089

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James Edward Mock (in patterned shirt) of the Memphis State University Black Student Association (BSA), holds a press conference on the steps of the Administration Building on April 30, 1969. The BSA was pressing for changes at the university and had staged sit-ins in the president's office.

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6-21-2021

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1969-04-30

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Memphis State University

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