Newspaper article, MSU To Participate in Moratorium Giles Responds to Request, October 14, 1969

Authors

Lowell Hine

Files

Alternative Title

MSU To Participate In Moratorium Giles Responds to Requests

Description

In this article, Hine reported that MSU would not participate in a nationwide moratorium on college classes for students to protest the Vietnam War. Fannie Lou Hamer, student leaders, and religious groups on campus wanted the university's participation. President Giles refused, stating students should schedule their protests around classes.

Publication Date

10-14-1969

Publisher

The Reflector

Time Period

1960-1969

Subjects

College students, Black; Education--Mississippi; Civil Rights--Mississippi; Student Activism; Vietnam War

Keywords

Student Activism, Civil Rights, Vietnam War, Protest

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_VA_The-Reflector_1969-10-14_MSU-To-Participate-In-Moratorium_001

Source

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

Repository

University Archives

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

Rights

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Contact Information

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Recommended Citation

The Relector, Mississippi State University, Volume 81