Oct 1, 2022Meredith Harassed as He Registers for Classes at Campus Under Military OccupationOct. 1, 1962 - The University of Mississippi campus was under military occupation today as James H. Meredith, its first Negro student,...
Oct 1, 2022Barnett Loses Support of Southern GovernorsOct. 1, 1962 - Governor Ross. R. Barnett (pictured) of Mississippi was finding scant sympathy among his colleagues of the Southern...
Oct 1, 2022Newsmen Attacked in Oxford, Miss. RiotingOct. 1, 1962 - Aside from the U.S. marshals, the chief targets of the rioters at the University of Mississippi last night and early this...
Oct 1, 2022U.S. Marshals and National Guardsmen Battle Rioters at Oxford, Miss.Oct. 1, 1962 - At the University of Mississippi at Oxford this morning, a small detachment of Mississippi National Guardsmen went to the...