After 70 years, schools remain widely segregated, experts say
The "Memphis 13" were 13 first-grade students who helped pioneer integration of Memphis City Schools in 1961. (Courtesy chalkbeat.org)
The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change hosted the Brown v. Board of Education Conference, which included four members of the Memphis 13, the group of first-graders who integrated the city schools in 1961.
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Brown v Board of Education Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change Catherine Lhamon U.S. Department of Education Memphis 13Jane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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