Along with their professor at the Meek School of Journalism, Ole Miss photojournalism students captured the images and voices in this multimedia piece focusing on the 50-year anniversary of James Meredith’s integration into the University of Mississippi. Read the story
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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 Tribute Set for Professor James W. Silver
September 26, 2011 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Nearly 50 years after he left the University of Mississippi in a storm of controversy, the late James W. Silver, a history professor and author of a well-known book on repression during the segregation era, will be honored by the university in a pair of programs Sept. 30. A new body ofRead the story …
Joseph Meredith, Son of Civil Rights Pioneer, Loses Fight with Lupus
February 20, 2008 by
Joseph Meredith OXFORD, Miss. – Joseph Howard Meredith, 39, son of James Meredith, who integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962, lost his battle with lupus Friday (Feb. 8). He died at the Laredo Medical Center in Laredo, Texas.
UM, Former PR Director Release Unpublished Photos of Meredith’s First Day in Class
October 1, 2006 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has released more than a dozen previously unpublished photographs of James Meredith on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the integration of the state’s flagship university. Photographed by then-student journalist Ed Meek, the sequence of photos shows Meredith in a classroom in Peabody Hall on his firstRead the story …
UM 175: Fashion Through the Ages
What did students wear to class in 1880?
November 3, 2023 by
Much about University of Mississippi has changed in the last 175 years, but nothing has changed so much, perhaps, as its students’ fashion. Look below to see UM Fashion Through the Ages. 1880-1900 In 1882, Ole Miss was one of the first universities in the South to admit women and the first to hire aRead the story …
Local, National Talent to Sing the Blues at Annual Festival
Panel at UM Blues Archive to highlight history, importance of music to the South
October 5, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The 12th annual Oxford Blues Festival will kick off three days of blues music with a free-to-the-public event at the University of Mississippi Blues Archive. The festival returns to the main stage on Oct. 12-14 with performances from Little Willie Farmer, Mizz Lowe and Cadillac Funk among the 14 scheduled artists andRead the story …
UM Community Finds Connection at Annual Longest Table
Event brings students, faculty, staff, community members together for dinner and discussions
October 3, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – More than 100 members of the University of Mississippi community gathered for dinner and conversation Sunday (Oct. 1) afternoon in the Circle at the annual Longest Table. At the foot of the historic Lyceum, students, professors, staff and administrators sat down for a meal and engaged in conversation. The goal is toRead the story …
Oxford Student Makes Voter Registration Honor Roll
Alex Mobley among 175 recognized nationally for efforts and success
June 2, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge has named University of Mississippi sophomore Alex Mobley to its 2023 Student Voting Honor Roll for his efforts to register new voters. The Chinese and mathematics major from Oxford is among 175 college students from across the country selected to the Honor Roll, which recognizes studentsRead the story …
Decade of Donated, Community-Funded Work on Display at UM Museum
'Recent Acquisitions' exhibit highlights breadth, variety of art collection
May 24, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum‘s newest installation, “Recent Acquisitions,” highlights the varied and expansive collection of artworks that have been donated or funded by the community in the last 10 years. Among the selected works are wood carvings, watercolor and oil paintings, pieces that blend the line between painting and sculpture, andRead the story …