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Last Days in Mississippi

Sean O'Croimin

Lengthy interview with James Silver concerning his feelings about leaving the University of Mississippi; Source: New Leader
Lawmaker Cautioned Of Student

United Press International

Article about efforts to keep a University of Mississippi student suspected of being an NAACP member being elected editor of the student newspaper; Source: unknown; Unknown date
Law Professor Quits Ole Miss

United Press International

Article on University of Mississippi law professor William P. Murphy's resignation, resulting from years of harassment about Murphy's political views and membership in the American Civil Liberties Union; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
Lawyer Loses Bar Privilege

United Press International

Article detailing the arrest (for contributing to the delinquency of a minor) and subsequent disbarment of civil rights attorney William L. Higgs; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
Lecturer Reveals South

Bryna Taubman

Description of a speech by James Silver on states' rights and civil rights; Source: Miami Student
Legislative Mail

Orley M. Hood (Mrs.)

Letter to a state representative, calling for the ouster of James Silver and a larger effort to purge undesirable individuals from Mississippi school systems; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Legislature Urged 'Get Rid' Of Prof

Associated Press

Report of State Senator Corbett Partridge's support for firing James Silver; Source: Jackson Daily News
Let's Talk Mississippi

Author Unknown

Statement by the Mississippi Economic Council regarding Balance Agriculture With Industry bond issues approved by Mississippi voters; Source: unknown; Unknown date
Letters to the Editor

Tom Harvey and Author Unknown

Two letters to the editor of the Daily Mississippian, the University of Mississippi's student newspaper, in response to a speech given by James Silver to the Southern Historical Association related to his book, Mississippi: The Closed Society; Source: The Mississippian
Lincoln's Hopes for the Negro

Citizens' Councils of America

An ad for the Citizens' Councils of America, quoting Abraham Lincoln promoting the social and political separation of whites and African Americans; Source: unknown; Unknown date
Loan Turns out to Be Gift

Frank Van Der Linden

A Pennsylvania insurance agent claims to have loaned James Meredith money, presumably for school expenses, then became angry when Meredith admitted on Meet the Press that he had recently bought his wife a new car; Source: Jackson Daily News
Lowman Protests Dr. Silver Story

M. G. Lowman

A letter to the editor from M. G. Lowman, criticizing the State Times for publishing what he calls untrue statements in a story about James Silver's negative reaction to a speech he gave at the University of Mississippi; Source: State Times
Mail Pouch

Dewey Norton

Letter to the editor suggesting that James Silver be removed from the University of Mississippi; Source: unknown; Unknown date
Mail Pouch: U.P.I. Unler Oxford

J. H. Hanna

Letter to the editor about a postcard campaign to remove integrationists from the University of Mississippi--the campaign was unsuccessful, and the letter writer claims that there were more postcards sent than reported; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Marshall Given Standing Ovation In Indiana Talk

Author Unknown

Item on commissioner Tom Marshall's successful speech to an Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce group; Source: Jackson Daily News
Mary Cain's Column

Mary Cain

Column harshly criticizing James Silver's political beliefs on the occasion of his return to the University of Mississippi as a guest lecturer after his move to Notre Dame; Source: Summit Sun (Pike County, Miss.)
May 1 Is Law Day In America

Northside Reporter (Jackson, Miss.)

Editorial in favor of freedom, racial equality, capitalism, and support for the laws of the United States; Source: Northside Reporter (Jackson, Miss.)
Mayor Thompson Man On Hot Spot

Raymond J. Crowley

Jackson, Miss. mayor Allen Cavett Thompson claims that members of all races have equal rights in that city, and that the racial situation will be fine once outside agitators are defeated.; Source: Jackson Daily News
McCain Says Race Strife Helps Reds

Author Unknown

Article detailing the views of University of Southern Mississippi president Dr. William D. Cain that racial tension in America will create vulnerability to communism; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
McGowan Declares Look Magazine Story Scurrilous

Author Unknown

Judge M. M. McGowan criticizes an article published in Look magazine that charged Governor Ross Barnett with making a deal to allow James Meredith to enroll at the University of Mississippi; Source: Jackson Daily News
McIntosh Contributes to Silver-state feud

Arthur McIntosh and Kenneth Schmidt

Two letters to the editor of the Daily Mississippian, the University of Mississippi's student newspaper: one in support of James Silver's right to free speech, and the other condemning the underground student newspaper The Rebel Underground's criticism of Silver.; Source: The Mississippian
Meredith admission clipping

Author Unknown

Fragment of a typescript declaring James Meredith's admission to the University of Mississippi legal; Source: unknown; Unknown date
Meredith's Psalm

Author Unknown

Parody of the Lord's Prayer, written by someone antipathetic to James Meredith; Source: unknown; Unknown date
Methodist Church Is Called Unconcerned

Associated Press

Short article on a group of Methodist ministers who came to Mississippi to try and integrate church services and were arrested; Source: unknown; Unknown date
Mississippian No. 122 Page 1

University of Mississippi

Mississippian No. 122 front page
Mississippian Urges Bar To Resist Shifting Pressure

Kenneth Toler

The president of the Mississippi Bar urges bar members to resist outside pressures to change their laws and way of life; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.); Unknown date
Mississippi Branded Closed Society

Robert Colby Nelson

Overview of the current political climate in Mississippi against James Silver and his comments on Mississippi and integration ; Source: Christian Science Monitor
Mississippi Council on Human Relations, [1962]

Mississippi Council on Human Relations

Professional correspondence
Mississippi Farm Bureau Asks Look At Textbooks

Kenneth Toler

Article describing how the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation wants to screen textbooks used in schools to make sure they do not promote communistic and atheistic beliefs; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
Mississippi History News-Letter, Volume IV, Numbers 7-8

Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History

Professional correspondence
Mississippi: Mansion of Many Rooms

Robert Boyd

Essay by a high-school student comparing towns and regions in Mississippi to rooms in a mansion; Source: unknown; Unknown date
Mississippi Notebook

Tom Ethridge

Column criticizing James Silver's beliefs and his activities traveling in support of his book, Mississippi: The Closed Society, as well as the Arkansas Gazette's presumably supportive coverage of the controversy surrounding Silver; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Mississippi Notebook: Do Black Studies Distort History?

Tom Ethridge

Column skeptical of the truth and objectivity to be found in Black Studies programs in American schools and colleges; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Mississippi Notebook: Governor Spoke For Mississippians

Tom Ethridge

Column stating that Governor Ross Barnett represented the feelings of all Mississippians in condemning the assassination of John F. Kennedy; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Mississippi Notebook: Key Groups Condemn School Books

Tom Ethridge

Column detailing some parents' negative reaction to a socialistic textbook in their children's schools; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Mississippi Notebook: Major Victory For Bobby Kennedy?

Tom Ethridge

Column containing several short items about the Rebel Underground, an underground, anti-integration student newspaper at the University of Mississippi; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Mississippi Notebook: Whatever Became Of Willie Higgs?

Tom Ethridge

Column describing former Jackson, Miss., attorney William Higgs's current activities as a Washington, D.C. lobbyist; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Mississippi Notebook: White House Unhappy Re Oxford?

Tom Ethridge

Column describing various organizations' displeasure with and boycotts of Mississippi, including the White House, the Southern Historical Association, and an unnamed insurance company; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Mississippi Police State

Associated Press

Description of Mississippi as a closed police state by former First Lady of New Jersey and United States Representative Helen Meyner after a recent visit intended to foster understanding between white and African-American women; Source: unknown; Unknown date
Mississippi: The Closed Society (column)

Author Unknown

A short column reporting James Silver's reasons for stepping down as president of the Southern Historical Association; Source: TIME
More Tension Is Expected

William B. Street

Description of political schisms caused among Governor Ross Barnett's supporters as a result of convict Kimble Berry's escape from the Mississippi State Penitentiary; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.); Unknown date
Most Hated Man in Mississippi

Dickson Terry

Article describing the persecution of James Silver by members of the Oxford and University of Mississippi communities after he began speaking out widely against segregation; Source: Everday Magazine in the St. Louis Dispatch
Mr. LeRoy Collins, President National Broadcasters Association

Harry Scrivner (Mrs.)

Open letter to LeRoy Collins, criticizing his efforts to defend James Silver; Source: unknown; Unknown date
Negro Man Shot By Tchula Marshal

United Press International

Article describing the shooting death of a 20-year-old African-American man by a police officer, after the young man went berserk and attacked several people; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.); Unknown date
Nina's Notes

Author Unknown

A tribute to Dr. Robert J. Farley, Dean of the University of Mississippi Law School, written upon his retirement; Source: unknown; Unknown date
No Anti-Mix Policy

Author Unknown

Short clipping referring to a legal debate over whether Jackson, Miss., had in place an official segregation policy; Source: unknown; Unknown date
No Hot Line For Whites

James Jackson Kilpatrick

Discussion and criticism of what really happened during the University of Mississippi integration riots, particularly regarding the behavior of the United States marshals; Source: unknown; Unknown date
Non-research teachers don't mix with scholars

James W. Silver

Silver argues that the best professors should research and teach; Source: Oracle (University of South Florida)

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