integration Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/integration/ S.O. What! Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:38:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://i0.wp.com/summerowens.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-Summer-Owens-S.O.-What.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 integration Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/integration/ 32 32 152051023 Honoring the Memphis State Eight: How Their Courage Shaped My Journey https://summerowens.com/honoring-the-memphis-state-eight-how-their-courage-shaped-my-journey/ https://summerowens.com/honoring-the-memphis-state-eight-how-their-courage-shaped-my-journey/#respond Fri, 19 Sep 2025 21:16:18 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=24568 Sixty-six years ago, eight courageous students walked onto the campus of Memphis State University for the first time, integrating the school and making history. On that September day in 1959, the Memphis State Eight faced hostility and isolation so that students like me could one day thrive. Because of their bravery, my own journey was […]

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