jfk_jfkcivilrights_olemiss olemiss jfkcivilrights jfk yes Integrating Ole Miss-- a Civil Rights milestone Presidents--United States United States--Politics and government--1961-1963 Civil rights movements--United States African Americans--Civil rights University of Mississippi College integration--Mississippi--Oxford Segregation in education--Mississippi--Oxford Oxford (Miss.)--Race relations--History--20th century Race riots--Mississippi--Oxford Federal-state controversies--Mississippi Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Meredith, James, 1933- 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. [Boston, Mass.] : John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum 2002 Instructional materials Articles Timelines (chronologies) Texts (document genres) Sound recordings http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/olemiss/home/ Forms part of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Web site. 1961/1963 Oxford (Miss.) Lafayette County (Miss.) Washington (D.C.) 20110721 173724