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  • 11 In State To Receive Fellowships by Author Unknown

    11 In State To Receive Fellowships

    Author Unknown

    Article naming Mississippi recipients of a federally-funded graduate fellowship; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.);; Unknown date

  • 1200 Cheerleaders Expected For School by Author Unknown

    1200 Cheerleaders Expected For School

    Author Unknown

    Announcement of a cheerleading school to be held at the University of Mississippi; Source: Jackson Daily News

  • $207 Million For Equalization Of Schools Spent by Author Unknown

    $207 Million For Equalization Of Schools Spent

    Author Unknown

    Clipping about efforts to upgrade African-American schools in Mississippi; Source: Jackson Daily News; Unknown date

  • 2 Mississippians Freed In Racial Firebombing by Author Unknown

    2 Mississippians Freed In Racial Firebombing

    Author Unknown

    Article about two men, Theodore A. Carr and Aubrey Cauthen, who were tried and acquitted of firebombing the home of Aaron Henry, president of the Mississippi NAACP, despite their having confessed to the crime; Source: Atlanta Journal

  • 4 Citizens Favor Barnett Protest Of Second Negro by Author Unknown

    4 Citizens Favor Barnett Protest Of Second Negro

    Author Unknown

    Four Jackson, Miss., community leaders publicly express their stance that Governor Ross Barnett is right to protest African American Cleve McDowell's enrollment in the University of Mississippi law school, but that he should stop short of physical resistance; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)

  • A Backward Step by Author Unknown

    A Backward Step

    Author Unknown

    The University of Mississippi Board of Trustees passed a resolution that required all speakers who come to campus be investigated and approved by the Chancellor before they speak; Source: unknown

  • A Balance of Ideas by Author Unknown

    A Balance of Ideas

    Author Unknown

    The University of Mississippi will screen all campus speakers invited to speak to make sure there is a balance between liberal and conservative speakers; Source: unknown

  • According to Charles Hills by James W. Silver

    According to Charles Hills

    James W. Silver

    Letter to the editor from James Silver in response to a column detailing negative reactions from two senators about remarks made by Silver; Source: unknown; Unknown date

  • Action is Sought Against Teacher by Author Unknown

    Action is Sought Against Teacher

    Author Unknown

    State Senator Corbet L. Partridge urges University of Mississippi authorities to fire James Silver

  • Affairs of State by Charles M. Hills

    Affairs of State

    Charles M. Hills

    Copyright of materials in the James W. Silver Collection remains with the creator or original publication. These items may not be reproduced, re-posted or saved except under fair use, as stipulated by copyright law: reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes use of these digital files for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

  • Affairs of State: Facing Facts by Charles M. Hills

    Affairs of State: Facing Facts

    Charles M. Hills

    Column quoting various statements made by Mississippi State Senator Corbett Partridge--his criticism of a University of Mississippi professor (presumably James Silver) who has preached integration, his understanding of the word prejudiced, and what he sees as the difference between whites and blacks--and a discussion of a new bill requiring that goods made in communist countries be identified as such; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

  • Affairs of State: Looking Back by Charles M. Hills

    Affairs of State: Looking Back

    Charles M. Hills

    Column about Governor Ross Barnett's trip to a Jackson manufacturing plant to emphasize his support for industry in Mississippi; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

  • Affairs of State: Rebel Underground by Charles M. Hills

    Affairs of State: Rebel Underground

    Charles M. Hills

    Column written in support of the Rebel Underground, a pro-segregation underground newspaper published at the University of Mississippi and Millsaps College; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

  • AFL-CIO Head Defends Prof. Silver's Talk by Associated Press

    AFL-CIO Head Defends Prof. Silver's Talk

    Associated Press

    Article describing Mississippi AFL-CIO head Claude Ramsay's support for James Silver, and his anger at Representative John Bell Williams for his efforts to have Silver resign; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

  • AFL-CIO president hits Congressman by Author Unknown

    AFL-CIO president hits Congressman

    Author Unknown

    Article describing a statement issued by Mississippi AFL-CIO president Claude Ramsay, claiming that Representative John Bell Williams is an ineffectual and regressive politician; Source: The Mississippian

  • A&I Board In Daily Touch With Industrial Prospects by Author Unknown

    A&I Board In Daily Touch With Industrial Prospects

    Author Unknown

    Article about the development of Mississippi's Balance Agriculture With Industry program, and Governor Ross Barnett's aggressive attempts to attract new industry to the state; Source: Jackson Daily News

  • Aim Of P.A.Y. Outlined In Meeting In Indianola by Author Unknown

    Aim Of P.A.Y. Outlined In Meeting In Indianola

    Author Unknown

    Description of a meeting of the Patriotic American Youth, whose primary goal is to enable young people to combat communist influences in American government and social life; Source: Jackson Daily News

  • A Lusty Yell by Author Unknown

    A Lusty Yell

    Author Unknown

    Fragment of an article criticizing the decision to allow the Mississippi State basketball team to participate in the integrated NCAA tournament, but supporting the team nonetheless; Source: Jackson Daily News

  • A Mississippi Paradox: Barnett's Negro Friend by Judd Arnett

    A Mississippi Paradox: Barnett's Negro Friend

    Judd Arnett

    Story about the contrast between Ross Barnett's personal relationships with African Americans and his public segregationist stance; Source: Daily News (Tarrytown, N.Y.)

  • A move may come this week toward dismissing a controversial University of Mississippi professor by Author Unknown

    A move may come this week toward dismissing a controversial University of Mississippi professor

    Author Unknown

    Discusses the mounting controversy surrounding Silver's Mississippi: The Closed Society

  • And Found Wanting by Author Unknown

    And Found Wanting

    Author Unknown

    Editorial expressing disappointment with the judicial system in the wake of a Leflore County, Miss., grand jury's refusal to indict two men for the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till; Source: unknown; Unknown date

  • An Open Letter to Mayor Thompson by Lucy Turnbull

    An Open Letter to Mayor Thompson

    Lucy Turnbull

    Letter to the editor expressing support for Jackson, Miss.'s Mayor Thompson and Chamber of Commerce's (presumably progressive) stand on recent civil rights legislation; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

  • Anti-Rights Fight Costs $120,000 by Lee Winfrey

    Anti-Rights Fight Costs $120,000

    Lee Winfrey

    Report that contributions from Mississippians and the state of Mississippi donated to lobby against passage of the Civil Rights Act total about $120,000, and information about the process of financing the lobbying and the men who handle it; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)

  • A Peevish Professor Quits His Job by Author Unknown

    A Peevish Professor Quits His Job

    Author Unknown

    Editorial deriding Dr. Morton B. King, Jr. for his foolish and childish resignation from the University of Mississippi. King resigned as a result of Chancellor Williams's revoking Reverend Alvin Kershaw's invitation to speak on campus.; Source: unknown; Unknown date

  • A Prayer by Walter Maloney

    A Prayer

    Walter Maloney

    Invocation delivered by Father Walter Maloney in Oxford, Miss., in memory of John F. Kennedy; Source: unknown; Unknown date

  • A Professor Finds The Open Society by David Zinman

    A Professor Finds The Open Society

    David Zinman

    Describes James Silver's reasons for leaving Mississippi, and his life in Indiana; Source: Newsday

  • Arkansas is over the hump by Author Unknown

    Arkansas is over the hump

    Author Unknown

    Brief item describing remarks made by James Silver, claiming that race relations in Arkansas are improving, in contrast to declining conditions in Mississippi.; Source: The Mississippian

  • Arrest of Bombing Victim is Grave Disservice by Hazel Brannon Smith

    Arrest of Bombing Victim is Grave Disservice

    Hazel Brannon Smith

    Editorial condemning the arrest of Hartman Turnbow, and African-American man of Holmes County, Miss., for allegedly fire-bombing his own home; Source: Lexington Advertiser (Miss.); Durant News (Miss.)

  • Babble Underground by Author Unknown

    Babble Underground

    Author Unknown

    Tongue-in-cheek column addressing various campus events at the University of Mississippi, including a brief mention of James Silver; Source: The Mississippian

  • Balance of ideas presented at campus meetings by Author Unknown

    Balance of ideas presented at campus meetings

    Author Unknown

    Author arguing that the University of Mississippi, as pointed out by James Silver, does not invite only left-wing speakers on campus; Source: unknown; Unknown date

  • Barnett Cites High Revenue by Author Unknown

    Barnett Cites High Revenue

    Author Unknown

    Article about Governor Ross Barnett's boast that his administration accumulated the highest-ever total of tax revenue of any Mississippi governor's administration; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

  • Barnett Continues Join Or Die Plea by United Press International

    Barnett Continues Join Or Die Plea

    United Press International

    Article describing Governor Ross Barnett's enocuraging other southern politicians to unite with Mississippi against integration; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.); Unknown date

  • Barnett Encouraged On Demo Bolt Plans by James Saggus

    Barnett Encouraged On Demo Bolt Plans

    James Saggus

    Governor Ross Barnett claims to have widespread support for his proposed reforms to the presidential primary process; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

  • Barnett Extends Convict's Leave by Author Unknown

    Barnett Extends Convict's Leave

    Author Unknown

    Article about Governor Ross Barnett's granting a convict an extra 30 days of leave from the Mississippi State Penitentiary, making the amount of time the prisoner had been on leave over a year; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.); Unknown date

  • Barnett maintains UM segregated by United Press International

    Barnett maintains UM segregated

    United Press International

    Article detailing Governor Ross Barnett's insistence on preventing an African-American student from enrolling at the University of Mississippi law school the year after James Meredith integrated the university; Source: unknown

  • Barnett Says Delay Degree To Meredith by Charles M. Hills

    Barnett Says Delay Degree To Meredith

    Charles M. Hills

    Governor Ross Barnett claims that the awarding of James Meredith's degree should be deferred pending an investigation that Meredith violated a directive given to students to refrain from giving press releases or public statements; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

  • Barnett Says U.S. Near Dictatorship by Associated Press

    Barnett Says U.S. Near Dictatorship

    Associated Press

    Editorial claiming it is impossible to determine gubernatorial candidate Paul Johnson's position on issues; Source: Delta Democrat Times; Unknown date

  • Barnett Sees Progress As Result Of New Laws by Charles M. Hills

    Barnett Sees Progress As Result Of New Laws

    Charles M. Hills

    Article on Governor Ross Barnett's speech to the Mississippi Trucking Association, in which he claims that 400 new industries have come to Mississippi in recent years, creating 40,000 new jobs; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

  • Barnett's Favorite Hillbilly Now Sings Parchman Blues by William B. Street

    Barnett's Favorite Hillbilly Now Sings Parchman Blues

    William B. Street

    Article about Wendell Cannon, Governor Ross Barnett's bandleader during the 1959 campaign, and his ambiguous role as musical director at the Mississippi State Penitentiary; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)

  • Beckwith Relates Financial Needs by Byron de la Beckwith

    Beckwith Relates Financial Needs

    Byron de la Beckwith

    Letter to the editor from Byron de la Beckwith, written while in jail for the murder of Medgar Evers, asking for donations to help fund his legal defense; Source: unknown; Unknown date

  • Berkeley Visitor at N.D. Ca by Laurance Morrison

    Berkeley Visitor at N.D. Ca

    Laurance Morrison

    Article detailing Dr. Charles Harris Wesley's presentation during the South Bend (Ind.) Negro History Week, in which he stated that there is no biological difference between whites and African Americans and that race is entirely a social construction; Source: South Bend Tribune

  • Big Smear Campaign Won't Halt Barnett's Drive For Re-Election by Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

    Big Smear Campaign Won't Halt Barnett's Drive For Re-Election

    Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

    Editorial retaliating against smear campaign directed at Governor Ross Barnett, and defending Barnett's actions during the integration of the University of Mississippi; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

  • Bill To Muzzle Prof Presented To Legislature by Associated Press

    Bill To Muzzle Prof Presented To Legislature

    Associated Press

    Discusses a bill introduced by the Mississippi state legislature, inspired by James silver, that would ban professors from engaging in political activities

  • Biting Hard [sic] That Butters His Bread by N. S. Brown

    Biting Hard [sic] That Butters His Bread

    N. S. Brown

    Editorial criticizing James Silver for publicly criticizing Mississippi, despite his earning a living from state money; Unknown date

  • Board to Decide Fate of Ole Miss Professor by W. F. Minor

    Board to Decide Fate of Ole Miss Professor

    W. F. Minor

    Prediction that the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning will dismiss James Silver from his position based on exaggerated and contrived charges; Source: Times-Picayune; Unknown date

  • Board To Determine Silver's Fate by Author Unknown

    Board To Determine Silver's Fate

    Author Unknown

    Discussion of James Silver's being brought before the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning in an effort to remove him from his position; Source: unknown; Unknown date

  • Bruce Had Rifle, Marshal Says by Author Unknown

    Bruce Had Rifle, Marshal Says

    Author Unknown

    Article relating the testimony of a United States deputy marshal that he found Melvin Bruce, a Georgia man, at the site of the University of Mississippi integration riots in posession of a firearm and ammunition; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.); Unknown date

  • Bunche Blasts Barnett by United Press International

    Bunche Blasts Barnett

    United Press International

    United Nations Undersecretary Ralph Bunche criticizes Governor Ross Barnett in a speech at Tougaloo College, saying that his actions have tarnished the international reputation of the United States; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)

 

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