Newspaper Article, Eyes on Mississippi: 'Mindless defiance' of Ole Miss Leads to Racial Harmony, October 6, 1972

Authors

William F. Minor

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Alternative Title

Mindless defiance' of Ole Miss leads to racial harmony

Description

This article, originally published in the Times-Picayune, takes a look at the past, ten years prior, wherein violence erupted at Ole Miss when James Meredith, the first Black student, was admitted to Ole Miss. The article goes on to describe how far the state of Mississippi has come since then in its efforts to end the violence against Blacks.

Publication Date

10-6-1972

Publisher

The Reflector

Time Period

1970-1979

Subjects

Integration

Keywords

Integration; Segregation; Racial harmony

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_1972-10-06_Mindless-defiance-of-Ole-Miss_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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