Black plaque № 46664

Desegregation of Murray State College. Shortly after the historic U.S. Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education, et. al. decision, Murray State College "with all deliberate speed," welcomed Mary Ford Holland of Kuttawa, Ky., as a student in the summer of 1955. Holland's enrollment earned her the di

stinction of being Murray's first African American student. (Reverse) Holland's enrollment at Murray State occurred without incident. In the fall of 1955, four more African American students enrolled.

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