Ross Barnett
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Ross Robert Barnett was an American politician who served as the 53rd governor of Mississippi from 1960 to 1964. He was a Southern Democrat who supported racial segregation.
Portrait of Barnett
Gov. Barnett with President William David McCain (left) of Mississippi Southern College at the signing of the bill which granted the college university status. At right is then Lieutenant Governor Paul B. Johnson, Jr., who followed Barnett as governor.
James Meredith
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James Howard Meredith is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and United States Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racia
Ross Barnett
…1962, the state agency in charge of universities and colleges, the Institutions of Higher Learning, appointed Barnett the registrar in order to oppose James Meredith's efforts to desegregate Barnett's alma mater, the University of Mississippi. With the accreditation of the state's medical school and other universities…
Meredith in 2010
Meredith in 1962
U.S. Army trucks loaded with steel-helmeted federal agents roll across the University of Mississippi campus on October 3, 1962.
James Meredith wounded after being shot on June 7, 1966