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University of Mississippi.... James H. Meredith....
University of Mississippi.... James H. Meredith....
Item # 719738
October 03, 1962
LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., October 3, 1962
* James Howard Meredith
* University of Mississippi
* 2nd day of enrollment
The front page has a banner headline: "Mississippi Integration Crisis Boiling to a Peak" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with all 14 pages, light toning at the margins, tiny binding holes along the spine, nice condition.
AI notes: On September 26, 1962, the confrontation over James Meredith's admission to the University of Mississippi reached a boiling point as Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett openly defied federal court orders by physically blocking Meredith, a Black U.S. Air Force veteran, from entering the university. Despite a Supreme Court ruling in Meredith’s favor, Barnett’s resistance symbolized the fierce grip of segregation in the South and marked a dramatic showdown between state and federal authority. Federal marshals, under orders from the Kennedy administration, were dispatched to enforce the ruling and protect Meredith, but the tense standoff only escalated public unrest. This act of defiance set the stage for a violent riot days later, drawing national attention to the intensifying civil rights struggle. The events of that day not only underscored the entrenched resistance to desegregation but also forced the federal government to assert its power in upholding constitutional rights, eventually leading to Meredith’s successful enrollment and a significant victory for the civil rights movement.
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