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Oct 1, 2022

Meredith Harassed as He Registers for Classes at Campus Under Military Occupation

Oct. 1, 1962 - The University of Mississippi campus was under military occupation today as James H. Meredith, its first Negro student,...

Oct 1, 2022

Barnett Loses Support of Southern Governors

Oct. 1, 1962 - Governor Ross. R. Barnett (pictured) of Mississippi was finding scant sympathy among his colleagues of the Southern...

Oct 1, 2022

Newsmen Attacked in Oxford, Miss. Rioting

Oct. 1, 1962 - Aside from the U.S. marshals, the chief targets of the rioters at the University of Mississippi last night and early this...

Oct 1, 2022

U.S. Marshals and National Guardsmen Battle Rioters at Oxford, Miss.

Oct. 1, 1962 - At the University of Mississippi at Oxford this morning, a small detachment of Mississippi National Guardsmen went to the...

Oct 1, 2022

🚨Students and Others Riot at University of Mississippi

Oct. 1, 1962 - James H. Meredith, a 29-year-old Negro, was admitted last night to the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford and was...

Sep 30, 2022

🚨JFK Calls Mississippi National Guard Into Service

Sept. 30, 1962 - At midnight last night, President Kennedy committed the full weight of the Federal Government to end Mississippi’s...

Sep 29, 2022

Hundreds of Troops Ordered to Mississippi

Sept. 29, 1962 - Hundreds of U.S. Army troops and about 500 U.S marshals are in the huge Memphis Naval Air station tonight. The...

Sep 28, 2022

Dr. King Punched by American Nazi

Sept. 28, 1962 - Dr. Martin Luther King, apostle of nonviolence, was punched twice in the face today by a self-styled member of the...

Sep 27, 2022

Tensions Continue to Rise in Mississippi

Sept. 27, 1962 - The Justice Department abandoned tonight a fourth attempt to register James H. Meredith, a Negro, at the University of...

Sep 27, 2022

Alabama Governor Calls JFK “Dictator”

Sept. 27, 1962 - Alabama Governor John Patterson (pictured) told President Kennedy today that if Federal troops or marshals were sent to...

Sep 26, 2022

RFK on Mississippi: Federal Government Will Do “Whatever Is Necessary”

Sept. 26, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy reiterated tonight that the Federal Government would do “whatever is necessary” to...

Sep 26, 2022

Tensions Mount in Mississippi

Sept. 26, 1962 - Chief U.S. Marshal James P. McShane (third from right) and Mississippi Lieut. Gov. Paul B. Johnson (with fedora)...

Sep 25, 2022

Mr. President Sees “Mr. President”

Sept. 25, 1962 - Mr. President teamed with “Mr. President” tonight to provide theatergoers with one of the most exciting opening nights...

Sep 25, 2022

Federal Troops Likely in Mississippi

Sept. 25, 1962 - The Federal Government is prepared to send troops into Mississippi to enforce Federal court orders to admit a Negro,...

Sep 25, 2022

Barnett Cited for Contempt of Court

Sept. 25, 1962 - Gov. Ross R. Barnett of Mississippi was cited for contempt of court tonight, less than five hours after he barred James...

Sep 25, 2022

Gov. Barnett Again Thwarts Meredith Enrollment at Ole Miss

Sept. 25, 1962 - Gov. Ross R. Barnett (right), in open defiance of a Federal Court order, prevented James H. Meredith (left), a...

Sep 25, 2022

Jackie Robinson Criticizes Northern Negroes

Sept. 25, 1962 - Jackie Robinson (pictured examining a burned church in Sasser, Ga. earlier this month) criticized Northern Negroes today...

Sep 22, 2022

Americans Mark Centennial of Emancipation Proclamation

Sept. 22, 1962 - Americans gathered today at the foot of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in Washington to mark the centennial of his...

Sep 20, 2022

Barnett Blocks Meredith at Ole Miss

Sept. 20, 1962 - Governor Ross R. Barnett (top) denied James H. Meredith (bottom), a 29-year-old Negro, admission to the University of...

Sep 19, 2022

Dr. King Arrives in New York

Sept. 19, 1962 - Dr. Martin Luther King arrived in New York City today to address five church rallies on the fight for civil rights. Dr....