UNIVERSITY, Miss. (WCSC) - Deadly riots broke out on Sept. 30, 1962, when the first Black student tried to register for classes at the University of Mississippi. James Meredith was an Air Force ...
On Sept. 30, 1962, a mob of about 2,000 white supremacists descended on the University of Mississippi campus, many of them armed with shotguns and pistols. Their rioting over the admission of James ...
Mississippi reveals its full history for America’s anniversary year, a contrast to federal efforts
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The glass panels of the Lynching Victims Monolith are simple, etched with the names of more than 600 victims of documented racial killings in Mississippi, along with the ...
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