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Alternative Title
Unrest Hovers Over Campus Sunday Night
Description
This article discusses the rise of tensions at Mississippi State among the students. During a memorial service for Dr. King, a stained glass window in the Chapel of Memories was broken, flagpole ropes were severed on the Drill Field, and trees were burned near Hilbun Hall.
Publication Date
Spring 4-9-1968
Publisher
The Reflector
Time Period
1960-1969
Subjects
College students, Black; Mississippi--Race relations; Civil rights movements—Mississippi—History—20th century; African Americans--Civil rights--History
Keywords
Campus; Conflict; Dr. Martin Luther King; Mississippi State; Ole Miss; Student Affairs; Tension
Geographic Location
Starkville (Miss.); Mississippi State (Miss.)
Object Type
Text
Format (original)
Newspaper clipping
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MFM_VA_1968-04-09_Reflector_Vol79_Unrest-Hovers_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
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
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