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The Memphis 13 are the group of young children who integrated the schools of Memphis, Tennessee. On October 3, 1961, 13 African-American first grade students were enrolled in schools that were previously all white. The schools that the students attended were Bruce, Gordon, Rozelle, and Springdale elementary schools. [1]
Dwania Kyles, one of three students who integrated Bruce Elementary in 1961, looks back at a mural painted of her by muralist Jamond Bullock at Bruce Elementary on Friday Jan. 17, 2020.
In 1951, talent scout Ike Turner recorded Bland for Modern Records at Tuff Green's house in Memphis. [13] [14] Because Bland was illiterate, they first recorded the one song he knew, "They Call It Stormy Monday." [15] [13] While the recording was never released, Bland later recorded the song in 1961, which became one of his hit singles. [16]
East High School is a public high school serving grades 9 to 12 in Memphis, Tennessee. It was formerly in the Memphis City Schools district but is now a part of Shelby County Schools. [2] East High School is an all-optional school, with whose T-STEM programs offers opportunities to study transportation and logistics, engineering, and aviation ...
The group began as The Royal Spades while its members were in high school. [1] They tried to get a record made for the local Satellite Records (the forerunner of Stax), unsuccessfully, even though the label was owned by the mother and uncle of the group's tenor sax player, Charles "Packy" Axton.
Ernest Lawlars (May 18, 1900 – November 14, 1961) [1] was an American blues guitarist, vocalist, and composer, known professionally as Little Son Joe. [ 2 ] Early years and Memphis
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Construction of the facility began on April 15, 1963. [5] From its opening in October 1964, the Coliseum was the first racially desegregated facility in Memphis. [5] Unlike most facilities in Memphis, which largely hesitated to integrate following the 1963 Watson v, United States U.S. Supreme Court case regarding local segregation, [5] and which was also argued two days after construction ...