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Listed below are the many achievements that our Guy Family Members have accomplished:
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First 13 1st Graders to integrate the Memphis School System on October 3, 1961.
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The little boy in the white jacket is our cousin Clarence Edward Williams, the son of Sarah Guy-Williams.
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Clarence Edward Williams (in white jacket)
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Clarence was one of the first thirteen 1st graders to integrate the all-white Memphis City School System 50 years ago today on October 3, 1961.
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Clarence Edward Williams (in white jacket on front row)
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October 3, 1961 - Thirteen black first graders entered four of Memphis' previously all-white schools, including Rozelle School these students were attending. The students are in front (left to right) Clarence Edward Williams, E.C. Marcel Freeman (second row left to right) Joyce Bell, Leandrew Wiggins. “I knew we’d be going to this school that black children had never attended,” said Wiggins. “But I didn’t know the whole scheme. You’re five, six years old, you’re doing whatever momma and daddy told you to do.” Making history wasn’t on his mind. “I knew I was going to a different school, I knew it was majority white,” Wiggins said. “And I was scared to death.” (The Commercial Appeal)
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