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Rep. Williams Raps UM's Prof. Silver
Bill Simpson
Article about Representative John Bell Williams's criticism of James Silver, and his belief that the Kennedys are trying to turn the United States into a totalitarian state; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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Research Aids Teaching
James W. Silver
James Silver argues that a professor should find a good balance between research and teaching
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Resignations Will Not Affect Staff Quality
Author Unknown
Describes a statement made by University of Mississippi chancellor J. D. Williams that the large number of faculty resignations taking place will not affect the quality of a University of Mississippi education; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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Resolutions Are Adopted By State DAR Conference
Author Unknown
Description of resolutions on a number of social issues--including school accreditation, taxes, and the electoral college--adopted by the Mississippi chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.); Jackson Daily News
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Resurrecting Riots Serves No Good Purpose
Northside Reporter (Jackson, Miss.)
Source: Northside Reporter (Jackson, Miss.)
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Rights Bill's Dangers Cited In New Dixie Manifesto Text
Author Unknown
Description of the Dixie Manifesto, a statement signed by 83 southern representatives, opposing the passage of civil rights legislation; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
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Robert J. Farley, 86, former dean of Ole Miss law school
Author Unknown
Obituary of Robert J. Farley, former dean of the University of Mississippi law school; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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Ross Asks Vote To Pick Electors
William Peart
Governor Ross Barnett describes his initiative to allow Mississippi voters to vote for electors in presidential primaries; Source: Jackson Daily News; Unknown date
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Ross Barnett Vs. Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals Chronology
Associated Press
Timeline detailing Governor Ross Barnett's interactions with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, beginning when the Court issued a restraining order prohibiting Barnett from interfering with James Meredith's enrollment at the University of Mississippi and ending when the Court directed the U.S. Department of Justice to begin criminal contempt proceedings against Barnett; Source: unknown; Unknown date
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Ross Launches Drive To Beat Kennedy
United Press International
Governor Ross Barnett begins a campaign to unite the South against John F. Kennedy in the 1964 presidential election; Source: unknown; Unknown date
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Ross Reviews Cost Of Private Schools
United Press International
Missippi Welfare Commissioner Fred A. Ross encourages white parents to opt for private schools in order to leave African Americans virtually without formal education; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
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Ross's Speech Brings Roars Of Laughter From Students
Author Unknown
Questions from the audience at a speech that Ross Barnett gave at Harvard University, along with Barnett's answers and notations of frequent laughter from the audience; Source: unknown
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Satirical Letters
Author Unknown
A succession of satirical letters to the editor, beginning with one written by James W. Silver, Ph.D. and including some from Editor, A Friend, etc., making fun of James Silver's age; Source: unknown; Unknown date
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Save Historic Coast Fort, Yes, But Why Can't We Give It Better Name?
Tom Ethridge
Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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School Chiefs Face Greatest Decision
Kenneth Toler
Article describing the state higher education board of trustees' debate over whether or not to dismiss James Silver from his faculty position; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
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Scottish Woman Moves To Oxford
Author Unknown
Article about Betty Milburn, a Scottish woman who decided to move to Oxford after meeting James Silver and his family in Aberdeen, Scotland; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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Secret Killings Claimed In State
United Press International
Article about civil rights activist Robert Moses's request for a federal investigation into racially-motivated violence in Natchez, Miss., after local authorities failed to act; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
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Segregation Shame Scored By Faulkner
Author Unknown
Description of a panel discussion to promote integration that included James Silver and William Faulkner, among others; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.); Unknown date
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Segregation Troubles of Mississippi Told
Author Unknown
A discussion of James Silver's soon-to-be-published book and his related speaking engagements in New York; Source: Watertown Daily Times
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Shooting Suspect Will Go On Trial
United Press International
Article about a white man in Canton, Miss., accused of shooting a group of five African Americans; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.); Unknown date
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Sillers Outlining Political Situation
Author Unknown
Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives Walter Sillers declares that there is no room for a two-party system in Mississippi; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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Silver and Karenga Discuss Racial Aims
Laurance Morrison
Article on a discussion of race conducted at Notre Dame by James Silver and African-American activist Maulana Ron Karenga, in which Silver declared that the only hope for African Americans is an alliance with the powers that be, and Karenga stated that individuality is a false concept and that blacks...must stay together; Source: South Bend Tribune
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Silver Cites Miss. Hysteria
Ed Board
Article about a speech given by James Silver, in which he discussed resistance to change in Mississippi, and ways that progress could be instigated there; Source: Stanford Daily
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Silver Claims CR Movement Dead
Author Unknown
Description of a speech given by James Silver at Notre Dame, in which he discussed the state of integration at the University of Mississippi and called for a historical perspective on civil rights, among other topics; Source: The Voice of Notre Dame
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Silver closes speaker forum
Author Unknown
James Silver speaks about what he has learned about Mississippi since leaving the state nearly ten years earlier, and reminisces about his time in Oxford, including time spent with William Faulkner and his wife; Source: Daily Mississippian
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Silver in Mississippi
Author Unknown
An interview with James Silver in which he discusses race relations in Mississippi and the failure of those in power to initiate change; Source: unknown
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Silver on state's destiny
Lenora Green and Bob Boyd
Excerpts from an interview with James Silver on the future of race relations in Mississippi and his perception of various politicians; Source: The Mississippian
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Silver Praised, Assailed
Ed Williams, T. H. Scarbrough, S. H. Long, and Kenneth Holditch
Letters to the editor of the Memphis, Tenn. Commercial Appeal regarding James Silver's pro-integration views; one letter is supportive, the rest are critical; Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
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Silver Reminds Northerners Of Their Own Responsibility
Author Unknown
Interview with James Silver in which he emphasizes that the entire United States, not just the South, is culpable, through its silence, for the mistreatment of African Americans; Source: Summer Times (Rutgers University)
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Silver Says New Jersey Not Far Ahead
Associated Press
Article describing a speech given by James Silver at Rutgers University, claiming that New Jersey is not much more advanced in terms of integration than Mississippi, but that New Jersey officials are more proactively addressing the situation there; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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Silver Says Rest of Nation Doesn't Share State Views
Author Unknown
Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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Small Voice Yields Racial Truth at Ole Miss Conference
Anne Wetzel
Article describing James Silver's speech at the University of Mississippi's fourth Chancellor's Symposium on Southern History, held in 1978, in which Silver expresses pleasure at the progress made toward racial equality in Mississippi; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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Social Paralysis
Author Unknown
Editorial affirming James Silver's statements that Mississippi is a totalitarian society; Source: Arkansas Gazette
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Soldier, Go Home
Author Unknown
Editorial expressing appreciation for the efforts of federal troops to keep order in Oxford during and after the 1962 riots; Source: unknown; Unknown date
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Solon Issues New Plea For Ousting of Silver
Author Unknown
Report of a renewed effort by state senator Corbett Patridge to have James Silver removed from the University of Mississippi; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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Something new in newspapers in Mississippi
Author Unknown
A brief, critical clipping about the Southern Reposure, a satirical newspaper, claiming that the paper's message is not clear enough to be effective; Source: unknown; Unknown date
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Southern doors are now opening says author of Closed Society
Leslie R. Myers
Description of a speech made by a 72-year-old James Silver on social progress being made in the South; Source: unknown; Unknown date
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Southerners in Exile
David Zinman
Profiles of five southerners (Daisey Josephine Gabrielle, Judge J. Waties Waring, James Silver, Charles Morgan, and Albert W. Heffner, Jr.) whose negative experiences resulting from their pro-integration views caused them to leave the South; Source: Newsday
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State Building Shows Rise Of 688 Per Cent
Author Unknown
Short article detailing increases in construction in the state of Mississippi from 1962 to 1963; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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State High Court Backs Judgment Against Henry
United Press International
Article stating that the Mississippi Supreme Court found no evidence of conspiracy in the morals charges brought against civil rights activist Aaron Henry, as Henry claims there was; Source: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
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Statement of President Millar Concerning Speakers at Portland State College
Branford P. Millar
Statement
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Statements Issued In Removal Of Art
Author Unknown
Article about an art professor at the University of Mississippi charged with obscenity and defacing the Confederate flag after using the flag as a background in integration-themed paintings; Source: unknown; Unknown date
