Integration correspondence
Other Form of Name
Holmes, Verner S. (Verner Smith), 1909-2000
Identifier
holmes_verner_b4f5
Publication Date
9-29-1962
Description
Telegram from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy regarding Meredith's arrival in Oxford and stating that any refusal to enroll Meredith would be in violation of District Court, the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. Dr. Verner S. Holmes was a member of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning from 1956 to 1980.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford; Meredith, James, 1933-; University of Mississippi -- History; Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning;
Relational Format
archival material
Original Format
telegrams
Original Collection
Verner S. Holmes Collection. Archives and Special Collections. University of Mississippi Libraries.
Finding Aid
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