First day of Memphis integration, TN

Object Details

Created by: Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of: Menelik Chiremba Fombi, American, born 1955; Harry Williams, American; Dwania Kyles, American; Unidentified Woman or Women

Caption: These students, Michael Willis (now Menelik Fombi), Harry Williams, and Dwania Kyles, were three of the "Memphis 13," the group of thirteen first-graders who integrated four Memphis elementary schools on October 3, 1961. Willis, Williams and Kyles are pictured here on their way to Bruce Elementary School.
Description: Three children, Michael Willis (now Menelik Fombi), Harry Williams, and Dwania Kyles, smile from a car window on their way to school as a woman, left, looks on.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1961

Restrictions & Rights: © Ernest C. Withers Trust; Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm); H x W (Image): 14 1/4 × 18 in. (36.2 × 45.7 cm)

Place depicted: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Photographs and Still Images
Movement: Civil Rights Movement

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Children; Civil Rights; Education; Photography; U.S. History, 1953-1961

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