Sept. 25, 1962 - Confrontation between Mississippi Gov. Barnett and John Doar of the Justice Dept.

Sept. 25, 1962 - Gov. Ross R. Barnett, in open defiance of a Federal Court order, prevented James H. Meredith, a 29-year-old Negro, from enrolling today in the University of Mississippi.

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