Integrating Ole Miss-- A Civil Rights Milestone |Collection
homeCompact list of all items| |Title:||Integrating Ole Miss-- a
civil rights milestone| Web site presenting materials from the
court-ordered and federally-backed integration at the University
of Mississippi, frequently called Ole Miss, by African American
student James Meredith. The site presents a timeline ordering
events from Meredith's application in 1961 through his
graduation in 1963 and linking to digital images of relevant
documents. The site also provides background on public opinion,
James Meredith, and the political and social climate in
Mississippi at the time. The Civil Rights Digital Library
received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries
awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum
and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of
partner metadata. |Types:||Instructional materials | Articles |
Timelines (chronologies) | Texts (document genres) | Audio
recordings| |Subjects:||Kennedy, John F.