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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

(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

(Author Unknown)

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

(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

(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

(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

James W. (James Wesley) Silver (1907-1988)

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

(Author Unknown)

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

Charles M. Hills

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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

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

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

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

(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

(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

(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

(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

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

(Author Unknown)

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

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

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

(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

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

David Zinman

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

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

(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

(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

(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

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

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

(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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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

(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

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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