loc_evenhand_br0156p1s br0156p1s evenhand loc yes John A. Morsell, Assistant to NAACP Executive Secretary to President John F. Kennedy requesting the assistance of the federal government in the case of James Meredith, September 21, 1962 Morsell, John A. Discrimination in education--United States Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States Segregation in education--United States Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States Race discrimination--United States African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century National Association for the Advancement of Colored People University of Mississippi College integration--Mississippi--Oxford Intervention (Federal government)--Mississippi Morsell, John A. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Meredith, James, 1933- Letter from John A. Morsell, Assistant to NAACP Executive Secretary to President John F. Kennedy requesting the assistance of the federal government in the case of James Meredith, September 21, 1962. In this letter, Morsell urges President Kennedy to withhold federal funds from the state of Mississippi until it complies with laws mandating desegregation. 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. [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress Library of Congress "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection (Library of Congress) eng Letters (correspondence) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/images/br0156p1s.jpg image/jpeg Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection, Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division, Washington, D.C. Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection. 1962-09-21 New York (N.Y.) Mississippi Oxford (Miss.) Lafayette County (Miss.) 20090617 123646