Telegrams to Media Outlets
Title
Annotated article "The 60 Louisiana representatives" to Sport Times, 30 September 1962
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Identifier
western_union_b4f3_005
Description
Sixty Louisiana representatives, state senators, mayors, law enforcement officers and "interested parties" passed a declaration in support of Mississippi governor Ross Barnett.
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
Sport Times
Rights
Copyright of correspondence in the Western Union Telegram Collection remains with the original author. These items may not be reproduced, re-posted or saved except under fair use, as stipulated by Copyright Law : reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research."
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Relational Format
archival material
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