- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- Ole Miss
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Publisher:
- from Ole Miss, Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1994/2006
- Subject:
- University of Mississippi
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
College integration--Mississippi--Oxford
Race riots--Mississippi--Oxford
Intervention (Federal government)--Mississippi--Oxford
School integration--Massive resistance movement--Mississippi--Oxford
Oxford (Miss.)--Race relations--History--20th century
University of Mississippi--Riot, Sept. 30, 1962
Governors--Mississippi
Lawyers--Mississippi--Jackson
Proclamations--Mississippi - People:
- Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, 34.35675, -89.48492
United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, Oxford, 34.3665, -89.51925 - Medium:
- texts (document genres)
letters (correspondence)
articles - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Records collected by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission on the October 1962 court-ordered integration of the University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss. The file contains a letter from Jackson, Mississippi, attorney Tom Watkins about the situation in Jackson before the riot in Oxford at the university, an article published in the Memphis, Tennessee Commercial Appeal about the riot, and text about the situation in Oxford, including a proclamation made by Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/sovcom/imagelisting.php?foldercheckbox%5B%5D=1075%7C99%7C113%7C%7C0
- Rights Holder:
- The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records are state government records made available to the public pursuant to American Civil Liberties Union v. Fordice, 969 F.Supp. 403 (S.D.Miss.1994). The web-enabled version of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records is intended for public use in research, teaching, and private study in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). MDAH makes no warranty or assurances that materials contained in this collection are free from U.S. copyright claims or other restrictions on free use and display. It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing materials found in this collection. MDAH requests that prior to publication of Sov. Com. images the user submit an MDAH Broadcast/Publication Permission form for approval by the Department. This form must be accompanied by documentation which proves that copyright requirements have been satisfied. Contact MDAH Reference Staff for details on how to obtain and complete the B/PP form: (601) 576 6876 or refdesk@mdah.state.ms.us. There are no MDAH Use Fees associated with use of Sov. Com. images. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by a credit line, which at a minimum includes the name of this collection, the unique resource identifier for each image, the name of this institution, and URL. ; Cite images according to the following structure: Original Creator, "Title", Original creation date (if known), Unique Resource Identifier, Series Number and Title, Archival Repository, date of last web page revision, image location/URL, (image viewed on date).
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
