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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]
Thomas Waterson — police officer who captured Machine Gun Kelly in a Memphis raid in 1933; Luke J. Weathers (1920–2011) — former U.S. Army Air Force officer and member of Tuskegee Airmen [6] Ida B. Wells — civil rights advocate and women's rights advocate; Junior Wells — musician; David West — baseball player; Red West — actor ...
Memphis Tigers women's basketball players ... Pages in category "Memphis Tigers athletes" ... This page was last edited on 13 August 2020, ...
Notable athletes who played women's basketball at the University of Memphis. ... This page was last edited on 13 April 2020, ...
August 13 – USA's Becky Collins breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Philadelphia – 2:32.8. August 19 – US swimmer Carl Robie takes over the world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) from his compatriot Michael Troy at a meet in Los Angeles , clocking 2:12.6 .
Vote now for the Memphis area girls high school athlete of the from Sept. 22-28. Voting closes Thursday at 4 p.m. Ava Becker, Lewisburg: Becker had 15 kills and 15 digs in a 25-14, 25-23, 23-25 ...
The first inter-school game of the Memphis Tigers (then West Tennessee State Normal School) was a 24–0 win over Whitehaven High School in 1914. The University dropped women's athletics in 1936 and did not return women's athletics to varsity sport status until the 1972–73 season.
The AAU held a women's championship for the first time in 1923, which has since been held annually (bar 1934). The men's and women's championships have been held jointly since 1976. Following professionalisation of the sport, the running of the national championships was taken over by The Athletics Congress of the USA (TAC) from 1980.