OXFORD, Miss. – Mixing memories of moments with meditations on the magnitude of the movement, civil rights activist Harry Belafonte challenged a rapt audience observing the 50th anniversary of integration at the University of Mississippi to forge ahead to new human rights victories. The legendary entertainer, who has been an advocate for civil rights andRead the story …
Civil Rights Activist Harry Belafonte’s Challenge: ‘Keep the Movement Alive’
Battle for human rights continues, iconic humanitarian says
October 2, 2012 by
U.S. Marshals Share Recollections of Ole Miss Integration at Program
October 2, 2012 by
Group donates memory book about 1962 riots OXFORD, Miss. – Fifty years ago, as a young U.S. deputy marshal in his twenties, Herschel Garner was sent to Oxford to protect James Meredith’s right to enroll at the University of Mississippi. “Ole Miss was not nearly as nice and welcoming in 1962 as it is today,”Read the story …
Civil Rights Papers Provide Glimpse into 1960s
September 28, 2012 by
Episcopalian priest donates collection to Ole Miss OXFORD, Miss. – Sorting Bishop Duncan Gray Jr.’s mail into two stacks – the “good” and the “bad” – was not a small task at the height of the civil rights movement in Mississippi. The small-town Episcopalian priest, known nationally for his nonviolent and pro-equality stance that segregationRead the story …
Former Oxford Resident Donates Memorabilia of 1962 Events to UM Library
September 27, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Robert A. Herring III was in 11th grade when one of the most significant moments in Mississippi and American history took place just outside his front door. An eye-witness to the events surrounding James Meredith’s admission to the University of Mississippi, Herring has donated three scrapbooks to the university’s Department of ArchivesRead the story …
Legacies of the Battles of Ole Miss: The Meredith Crisis and the 1965 Southern Literary Festival
September 27, 2012 by
It’s always a useful exercise for any individual to examine strongly held beliefs to seek to understand how he came to hold them. And for some of us it’s equally important to attempt to record this process of self-discovery in writing. That’s what I seek to do in this essay with regard to my retrospectiveRead the story …
UM Commemorates 50 Years of Integration
September 25, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi continues the commemoration of its golden anniversary of integration with a series of special events scheduled over the next couple of weeks. With “Opening the Closed Society” as its theme, events include keynote addresses by U.S. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder and legendary entertainer and civil rights activist HarryRead the story …
“Opening the Closed Society” Calendar of Events
April 24, 2012 by
Fall 2012 9/30 The University of Mississippi Gospel Choir and from Community Choirs will capture in song the feel of the times surrounding the 1962 integration of The University of Mississippi. Time & Location: TBD Contact: Valeria Ross @ vross@olemiss.edu 10/1/2012 Morning Event The Black Student Union will present a marker to The University ofRead the story …
Myrlie Evers-Williams Keynote Speaker at 50 Years of Integration Event
March 6, 2012 by
Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers, opened the University’s “50 Year’s of Integration” events recently by delivering a keynote address at Fulton Chapel. Produced by Mary Stanton.
Message from the Chair of the 50 years Subcommittee
February 29, 2012 by
The Civil Rights subcommittee was appointed and charged by the Chancellor of The University of Mississippi to oversee commemorative campus activities that would inform, educate, and provide deserved recognition and acknowledgement to the historic, meaningful, and significant activities that occurred on October 1, 1962 when Mr. James Meredith became the first African American student toRead the story …
Evers-Williams Returns to UM Friday for ‘Day of Dialogue’
February 29, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, returns to the University of Mississippi this weekend (March 2-4) to highlight the Ole Miss Alumni Association’s Black Alumni and Family Reunion. Evers-Williams will give a lecture at 4 p.m. Friday in Fulton Chapel as part of the university’s “Day of Dialogue,”Read the story …