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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

Kennedy Delivers Televised Address on Mississippi Crisis

Sept. 30, 1962 - President Kennedy appealed tonight to the students at the University of Mississippi and the people of Mississippi to...

Sep 30, 2022

Sept. 30, 1962 - JFK Report to the Nation on Situation at University of Mississippi

Here is President Kennedy's report on the situation at the University of Mississippi. #jfk #civilrights #mississippi #olemiss

Sep 30, 2022

Barnett Gives Up, Meredith to Finally Enroll

Sept. 30, 1962 - Governor Ross R. Barnett, declaring that his state had been “physically overpowered” by the Federal Government, gave up...

Sep 30, 2022

Browns’ Halfback Called to Service with Mississippi National Guard

Sept. 30, 1962 - Bobby Franklin (left), a 25-year-old defensive halfback with the Cleveland Browns of the NFL, was ordered today to...

Sep 30, 2022

RFK Comforts Colleague’s Daughter

Sept. 30, 1962 - Josephine Marshall, the 11-year-old daughter of the Justice Department’s civil rights chief, Burke Marshall (left), fell...

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

Barnett Cheered at Mississippi-Kentucky Football Game

Sept. 29, 1962 - Hundreds of Confederate flags waved defiantly tonight during the playing of the National Anthem at the start of the...

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 29, 2022

Nixon Answers Questions on T.V.

Sept. 29, 1962 - A talkative, obviously pleased Richard M. Nixon completed the first televised question program of his campaign for...

Sep 29, 2022

Ike Talks Mississippi in Gettysburg

Sept. 29, 1962 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured with President Kennedy earlier this month) said today he was “quite sure...

Sep 29, 2022

Sept. 29, 1962 - James Meredith interview

Sept. 29, 1962 - James Meredith (center), 29-year-old Air Force veteran, explained today why he hopes to attend the previously all-white...

Sep 29, 2022

RFK Criticizes American Bar Association

Sept. 29, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy expressed disappointment today that the American Bar Association and “the many...

Sep 29, 2022

Walker Demands “Violent Vocal Protest” in Mississippi

Sept. 29, 1962 - Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker (pictured right) demanded “violent vocal protest” today against use of Federal troops...

Sep 28, 2022

Gov. Barnett Guilty of Civil Contempt of Federal Court Order

Sept. 28, 1962 - Governor Ross R. Barnett (pictured) of Mississippi was found guilty today of civil contempt of Federal court orders...

Sep 28, 2022

Sept. 28, 1962 - Attorney William L. Higgs on Voting Rights in Mississippi

Sept. 28, 1962 - William L. Higgs, an attorney and civil rights advocate from Jackson, explains the challenges Mississippi Negroes face...

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...