Sixty-one years ago, 13 first-graders made history
LEFT TO RIGHT: Sheila Malone-Conway, Pamela Evans-Mayes and Dwania Kyles are three of the six members of the Memphis 13 who attended Monday's celebration. A seventh person, the daughter of the late Deborah Holt-Payne, a Memphis 13 member who has since died, attended in honor of her mother. (Aarron Fleming/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis-Shelby County Schools recognizes the ‘Memphis 13’ who desegregated public schools in Memphis in 1961.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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