This collection includes articles and images from the Reflector, Mississippi State University’s student newspaper. This collection ranges from 1965-1975 and represents the first ten years after integration at MSU. The collection includes articles highlighting MSU Black student organizations, efforts to recruit students and faculty of color, MSU’s first Black student athletes, and notable speakers on campus.
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Newspaper Editorial, This is Next Year!, January 21, 1975
Kyle Steward
In this sports editorial, the piece reflects on previous games over the years and how they compare to the current team and what chance the editor assumes the team will have to be successful.
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Newspaper Advertisement, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Rush Invitation
The Reflector
This newspaper advertisement is an invitation to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Spring Rush. The invitation describes Delta Sigma Theta as a "national Greek letter organization with a predominantly Black membership of 65,000.
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Newspaper Announcements, Briefs, January 21, 1975
The Reflector
This collection of brief announcements of campus events including the Alpha Phi Alpha Smoker that was to be held in the Faculty Lounge and invited non-Greek men, as well.
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Newspaper Announcements, Briefs, March 18, 1975
The Reflector
This section of the newspaper, named "Briefs", provides brief announcements of events and notices of things happening on the Mississippi State University campus.
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Newspaper Announcements, Briefs, March 4, 1975
The Reflector
This section of the newspaper, named "Briefs", provides brief announcements of events and notices of things happening on the Mississippi State University campus.
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Newspaper Announcements, Happenings, April 15, 1975
The Reflector
This section, titled "Happenings" lists events scheduled to take place on campus and nearby.
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Newspaper Announcements, Happenings, April 18, 1975
The Reflector
This section, titled "Happenings" lists events scheduled to take place on campus and nearby.
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Newspaper Announcements, Happenings, February 14, 1975
The Reflector
This section of The Reflector is a list of upcoming events taking place on the Mississippi State University campus. An illustration of the word "Happenings" within a heart surrounded by smaller hearts is at the top of the page.
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Newspaper Announcements, Happenings, February 18, 1975
The Reflector
This section of The Reflector is a list of upcoming events taking place on the Mississippi State University campus. An illustration of the word "Happenings" is across the top of the page.
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Newspaper Announcements, Happenings, February 25, 1975
The Reflector
This section of The Reflector is a list of upcoming events taking place on the Mississippi State University campus. An illustration of the word "Happenings" is across the top of the page.
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Newspaper Announcements, Happenings, February 7, 1975
The Reflector
This section, titled "Happenings" lists events scheduled to take place on campus and nearby. The announcements are accompanied by an illustration of a man wearing a baseball cap handing out newspapers next to the word "Happenings".
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Newspaper Announcements, Happenings, January 21, 1975
The Reflector
This section, titled "Happenings" lists events scheduled to take place on campus and nearby. The announcements are accompanied by an illustration of a man pinning up the "Happenings" banner while standing on the shoulders of another man.
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Newspaper Announcements, Happenings, March 11, 1975
The Reflector
This section of The Reflector is a list of upcoming events taking place on the Mississippi State University campus. An illustration of a man wearing safari style clothing and carrying a gun among the jungle with the word "Happenings" is across the top of the page.
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Newspaper Announcements, Happenings, March 18, 1975
The Reflector
This section, titled "Happenings" lists events scheduled to take place on campus and nearby. The announcements are accompanied by an illustration of a man wearing a baseball cap handing out newspapers next to the word "Happenings".
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Newspaper Article, Bulldog Thinclads to Skip Indoor National Saturday, February 14, 1975
The Reflector
This article explains that the MSU track team would not be participating in the United States Track and Field Federation National Indoor Championships and goes on to describe how well the team did in their successful meet in the Baton Rouge Invitational the previous weekend.
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Newspaper Article, College Board Target of Justice Department, January 24, 1975
The Reflector
This article details why the U. S. Department of Justice launched an investigation concerning Mississippi's two state land grant colleges and Alcorn and potential violations of desegregation.
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Newspaper Article, Jerry Jenkins Picked for Four Star Classic, April 25, 1975
The Reflector
This article announces that Mississippi State University Basketball player, Jerry Jenkins, was chosen to play in the Four Star Classic at Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee. The article goes on to describe the Classic and name some of the other players chosen to play. Jenkins' statistics round out the article.
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Newspaper Article, Jones Chosen to Head AA Plus, April 22, 1975
The Reflector
This article announces Stanley Jones as the newly elected president of the Afro-American Plus organization. The article goes on to name the rest of the newly elected officers of the organization.
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Newspaper Article, Looking Back, April 25, 1975
The Reflector
This article provides historical moments in The Reflector's and MSU's histories. The moments discussed are from five and twenty-five years ago. The article from five years ago discusses the debate over whether Mississippi IHL board chairman, M.M. Roberts should resign from his position, citing racism displayed in his attempt to block Charles Evers from speaking on the Mississippi State University campus.
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Newspaper Article, Looking Back, February 25, 1975
The Reflector
This article provides historical moments in The Reflector's and MSU's histories. The moments discussed are from four, five, ten and twenty years ago. A second article, "Best dressed contest set" is on the lower left of the page.
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Newspaper Article, Looking Back, March 11, 1975
The Reflector
This article provides historical moments in The Reflector's and MSU's histories. The moments discussed are from five, ten, and twenty years ago. The article shared from five years ago discusses a restraining order placed against the Mississippi Board of Trustees for the Institutions of Higher Learning's ban on Charles Evers speaking on campus. The restraining order allowed Evers' speech to go on as planned.
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Newspaper Article, Looking Back, March 14, 1975
The Reflector
This article provides historical moments in The Reflector's and MSU's histories. The moments discussed are from five, twenty, and twenty-five years ago.
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Newspaper Article, Looking Back, March 18, 1975
The Reflector
This article provides historical moments in The Reflector's and MSU's histories. The moments discussed are from five and twenty years ago. The article from five years ago discusses Charles Evers' speech on the Mississippi State University campus.
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Newspaper Article, Looking Back, March 7, 1975
The Reflector
This article provides historical moments in The Reflector's and MSU's histories. The moments discussed are from five, twenty-five, and fifty years ago. The memory from March 6, 1970 discusses the Mississippi Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning's overruling of MSU President William Giles' decision to allow Charles Evers to address the MSU Young Democrat's Club.
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Newspaper Article, MSU Team Places Second in Five-way Meet at LSU, January 28, 1975
The Reflector
This article details Mississippi State University's track team meet against LSU, Baylor, Texas A&M, and Auburn.