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The University of Memphis desegregated in 1959, but it would take more than 10 years of organizing and actions by dedicated students, both Black and white, to achieve true integration.
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The Sheahan Pumping Station was built in 1932 and helps keep Memphis' artesian water pristine. Take a rare photographic tour inside its uniquely beautiful and critical important building.
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