UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI INTEGRATION (1962)


Possible Starting Places

"Rebels: James Meredith And The Integration Of Ole Miss," 2014.  (58 mins)

  "The First Black American At Ole Miss," Witness History, BBC World Service, October 5, 2017.  (9 mins)

  "Breaking Mississippi," BBC Radio 4, 2023:  A podcast series of ten 15-minute episodes that chronicles James Meredith's integration of Ole Miss.


History In The News

J. T. Keith, "James Meredith Is A 'Door Opener' For Jackson And Mississippi, Not Just Ole Miss," Mississippi Jackson Ledger, September 29, 2022.

  Clara Turnage, "Where Integration Happened: Bus Tour Highlights Desegregation Sites Across Oxford Town," Ole Miss: University Of Mississippi News, September 28, 2022.

  Lisa Stone, "University Announces Plans For 60th Anniversary Of Integration," Ole Miss: University Of Mississippi News, August 23, 2022.

  Campbell Robertson, "50 Years After Integration, Ole Miss Grapples With History," New York Times, September 30, 2012.

Kitty Dumas, "Goodbye, Colonel Rebel," New York Times, September 30, 2012.


Video Sources

  "James Meredith 'Still At War' 50 Years After Ending Segregation On Mississippi Campus," BBC News.


Audio Sources

  "Ole Miss Students Look Back At Integration," All Things Considered, NPR, October 1, 2012.

  "Integrating Ole Miss: A Transformative Deadly Riot," Morning Edition, NPR, October 1, 2012.  (7 mins)

  "The Fight To Desegregate Ole Miss, 50 Years Later," Tell Me More, NPR, September 28, 2012.  (12 mins)


Web-Sites

"This Day In History: Sept. 20, 1962: James Meredith Attempts To Register At University Of Mississippi," Zinn Education Project.

"Integration Of The University Of Mississippi," University Of Mississippi.

  "Ole Miss Riot Of 1962," Wikipedia:


Miscellaneous

"Ole Miss Integration," Civil Rights Digital Library:

"Integration Newspapers And Newsletters," Integration Of The University Of Mississippi:  Primary resources from the University of Mississippi.


 

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