Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids
Document Type
Finding Aid
Collection Date
1987-1995
Identifier
MUM00750
LCSH
College integration -- Mississippi; Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- Mississippi; Segregation in higher education -- Mississippi; Universities and colleges -- Law and legislation -- Mississippi
General Physical Description Note
13.5 Linear feet (10 record storage cartons)
Description
W. Ray Cleere served as Mississippi’s first commissioner of higher education (1987-1995). His collection contains his personal files related to the Ayers case that alleged discriminatory funding practices on the part of the state between historically white and black colleges and universities.
Recommended Citation
W. Ray Cleere Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University of Mississippi