Eastland Correspondence: Kennedy Administration
Other Form of Name
Abernethy, Thomas Gerstle, 1903-1998; Williams, John Bell, 1918-1983
Identifier
Eastland_S1SS16_Kennedy_WH_Corr_14
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Recipient
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Publication Date
9-28-1962
Custom Date
1960s
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Description
Press release dated 28 September 1962, re: letter from Thomas G. Abernethy, Jamie L. Whitten, Arthur Winstead, John Bell Williams, William M. Colmer, James O. Eastland, and John C. Stennis to Kennedy in regards to integration of the University of Mississippi by James Meredith.
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
Relational Format
archival material
Original Format
press releases
Finding Aid
Original Collection
James O. Eastland Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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