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On Sept. 17, the University of Memphis unveiled a marker naming the Alumni Mall after the first African-American graduate, Luther C. McClellan, who was on hand for a ceremony he did not envision when he and seven others integrated what was Memphis State University. (Photo: Tyrone P. Easley)

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