Newspaper Article, Waller Appointees to College Board Will Serve, May 9, 1972

Authors

The Reflector

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Alternative Title

Waller appointees to colleg board will serve

Description

This article names the 28 "last hour" appointees to the Mississippi State College Board, including three Black people and one woman. Dr. Robert Walker, a Yazoo City dentist was the first Black man in history to serve on the college board. The article goes on to discuss the appointment of Civil Rights activist, Cleve McDowell, to the state Penitentiary Board and the appointment of Marvin Morgan, a Black man who was the assistant high school principal in Lake, Mississippi as the first Black person on the State Board of Public Welfare. A large advertisement for Hainon Miller's congressional run is on the left side of the page.

Publication Date

5-9-1972

Publisher

The Reflector

Time Period

1970-1979

Subjects

Government officials; College boards of trustees

Keywords

Mississippi State College Board; Institution of Higher Learning;

Geographic Location

Starkville (Miss.); Mississippi State (Miss.)

Comments

This collection contains offensive or discriminatory content.

Object Type

Text

Format (original)

Newspaper clipping

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_UA_The-Reflector_1972-05-09_Waller-Appointees_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, University Archives.

Repository

University Archives

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

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Contact Information

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