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