1959 and Beyond: The Legacy of Bertha Rogers Looney and the Memphis State Eight | Ep. 1
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Episode 1 Bertha Rogers Looney S.O. What! Success Story
An honor graduate of Hamilton High School, Bertha Rogers Looney enrolled in then Memphis State University in September 1959. Mrs. Looney and the seven other African Americans who desegregated Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) in 1959 became known as the Memphis State Eight.
The Memphis State 8
Eleanor Gandy, Sammie Burnett Johnson, Marvis Kneeland Jones, Bertha Rogers Looney, Rose Blakney Love, Luther McClellan, Ralph Prater and John Simpson
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https://www.highgroundnews.com/featur...
https://www.memphis.edu/uofmmagazine/...
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