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Ghosts of Ole Miss The final integration of the South’s historically most racist University.

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1 Ghosts of Ole Miss The final integration of the South’s historically most racist University

2 Brown Vs. Board of Education 1954 ruling Ross Barnett and the Dixie-Crats

3 James Meredith 1962 Application Barnett can’t be trusted - Sept. 20 th Registration Mississippi State Police resistance Ole Miss – Kentucky speech - I love Mississippi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ygVf3FxKxJU

4 Riot of 1962 September 29, 1962 RFK and 500 U.S. Marshals JFK 503 RD US Army Military Police Battalion Tennessee doctors and National Guard 70 + injured, 2 shot in the head

5 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

6 Aftermath Graduated, 1963 Political Science 1966 March Against Fear - Memphis, TN to Jackson, MI

7 Ghosts of Ole Miss 1962 football team undefeated - 12-0, National Champions Haven’t won a championship since


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