Finding Aid for the Morton King Collection (MUM00578)

Authors

Document Type

Finding Aid

Collection Date

1953-1959, 1985, 1993

Identifier

MUM00578

LCSH

King, Morton Brandon, 1913-; Race relations--Mississippi; University of Mississippi--History; Williams, J.D. (John Davis)

General Physical Description Note

.5 linear feet

Description

Materials pertaining to the 1955 resignation of Morton King, a professor of sociology, from the University of Mississippi in protest of Chancellor J. D. Williams's decision to cancel the invitation of the Reverend Alvin Kershaw, a pro-NAACP Episcopal priest, to speak on campus. Includes correspondence, papers, notes, and newspaper clippings documenting King's dispute with Williams and the national attention that it attracted from 1955 to 1956.

Recommended Citation

Morton King Collection (MUM00578). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.

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