- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Letter on Ole Miss Incident
- Date of Original:
- 1945/1970
- Subject:
- College integration
Civil rights--1960-1970
University of Mississippi
Civil rights movements--Tennessee
Civil rights
Education
Social reform movements - People:
- Gore, Albert, 1907-1998
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, Oxford, 34.3665, -89.51925
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to Tennesseans who contacted him with their thoughts regarding developments at the University of Mississippi. Outraged college students and citizens rioted on September 20, 1962, in reaction to desegregation attempts on campus. Two people died as a result of the events.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A8472
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
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