Eastland Correspondence: Kennedy Administration

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

Identifier

Eastland_S1SS16_Kennedy_WH_Corr_16

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Recipient

Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986

Publication Date

10-26-1962

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1960s

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Copy typed letter dated 26 October 1962 from Kennedy to Eastland, re: 28 September telegram, University of Mississippi integration crisis. Original removed to VIP Restricted Access location.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Civil rights -- United States -- History; African Americans -- Civil rights; College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford -- History; Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Oxford -- History; Meredith, James, 1933-; University of Mississippi

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correspondence

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James O. Eastland Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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President John F. Kennedy to Senator James O. Eastland, 26 October 1962

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