Post on 18-Jan-2016
Ghosts of Ole MissThe final integration of the South’s historically most racist University
Brown Vs. Board of Education
• 1954 ruling• Ross Barnett and the Dixie-Crats
James Meredith • 1962 Application• Barnett can’t be trusted - Sept. 20th Registration • Mississippi State Police resistance
• Ole Miss – Kentucky speech - I love Mississippi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVf3FxKxJU
Riot of 1962• September 29, 1962• RFK and 500 U.S. Marshals• JFK 503RD US Army Military Police Battalion • Tennessee doctors and National Guard• 70 + injured, 2 shot in the head
Admission
• Oct. 1, 1962• First black person to attend
Ole Miss• Faced constant bickering
when around campus, in dorm, café, etc.• Had U.S. Marshals with him
AT ALL TIMES
Aftermath
• Graduated, 1963 Political Science• 1966 March Against Fear - Memphis, TN to Jackson, MI
Ghosts of Ole Miss
• 1962 football team undefeated - 12-0, National Champions• Haven’t won a championship since