Telegrams to Media Outlets
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Identifier
western_union_b2f4_032
Description
State legislature passes bill denying admission to any state college or university to any person who has a "criminal charge of moral terpitude pending against them" in an attempt to stall desegregation efforts.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Western Union Telegraph Company; Meredith, James, 1933-; College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford; University of Mississippi -- History; University of Mississippi -- Riot, Sept. 30, 1962; Mississippi -- Race relations
Original Collection
Western Union Telegram Collection (MUM00472), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
Original Format
telegrams; articles
Publisher
Time, inc.
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City
Oxford (Miss.)
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Relational Format
archival material
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