The predecessor of The Daily Helmsman, The Tiger Rag, covered the integration of the University of Memphis with just a brief story at the bottom left corner of the front page. Eight students enrolled at the university in the fall of 1959 and became the first black students at the university.
Photo courtesy of the SGA’s Instagram page. From left to right: Reagan Williams, Javarious Smiley, Redding Jackson, Raphael Jamias, Mariah Thomas, Laterrion Nwolise, Sierra Neal, and Garrett Weinberg.
Ron Nelson conducts for the symphonic band’s ”Homage” concert. Photo credit to Darien Anderson.
