Title
The Education of a Lifetime
Description
In 1962, while a riot was in full swing on the University of Mississippi campus over the admission of James Meredith, Robert Khayat was an All-Pro kicker for the newly integrated Washington Redskins. He had no way of knowing that, thirty-five years later, he would be leading the University of Mississippi through one of its greatest challenges — its association with the Confederate flag. Robert Khayat’s The Education of a Lifetime reveals his childhood days in Moss Point, Mississippi; the state’s segregationist policies that prevented his SEC championship baseball team from playing in the College World Series; and the sadness of watching his father’s arrest. These seemingly disparate events worked to prepare him for his future battle with the vestiges of racial strife that continued to haunt Ole Miss’ culture when he was selected as the University’s fifteenth Chancellor.
Publication Date
8-1-2015
Relational Format
article
Disciplines
Educational Leadership | Higher Education
Subject Headings (LCSH)
University of Mississippi; College presidents -- Mississippi; College administrators -- Mississippi
Recommended Citation
Khayat, Robert C., "The Education of a Lifetime" (2015). Common Reading Experience. 5.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umreads/5
Comments
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