Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971; Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987; United Nations; Segregation -- Southern States
United Nations Undersecretary Ralph Bunche criticizes Governor Ross Barnett in a speech at Tougaloo College, saying that his actions have tarnished the international reputation of the United States
Murphy, William P. (William Patrick), 1919-2007; American Civil Liberties Union
Article on University of Mississippi law professor William P. Murphy's resignation, resulting from years of harassment about Murphy's political views and membership in the American Civil Liberties Union
Labor unions -- Mississippi; Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
Article describing Mississippi Labor Council president Claude Ramsay's skepticism about Governor Ross Barnett's visit to the Storkline Corporation in Jackson
Article describing the shooting death of a 20-year-old African-American man by a police officer, after the young man "went berserk" and attacked several people
Law enforcement -- Mississippi; Mississippi -- Race relations
Article about civil rights activist Robert Moses's request for a federal investigation into racially-motivated violence in Natchez, Miss., after local authorities failed to act
Article about the resignation of Tougaloo College president Dr. A. D. Beittel, with discussion of college-accreditation legislation pending in Mississippi
Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988; Mississippi -- Race relations
Article on James Silver's "Mississippi: The Closed Society" speech, including quotes from a University of Mississippi student who claims that Silver is "bitter" because of his failure to indoctrinate students
Segregation in education -- Mississippi; Public schools -- Mississippi
Missippi Welfare Commissioner Fred A. Ross encourages white parents to opt for private schools in order to leave African Americans "virtually without formal education"
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987; College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford
Article detailing Governor Ross Barnett's insistence on preventing an African-American student from enrolling at the University of Mississippi law school the year after James Meredith integrated the university
Article stating that the Mississippi Supreme Court found no evidence of conspiracy in the morals charges brought against civil rights activist Aaron Henry, as Henry claims there was
Public schools -- Mississippi; Textbooks -- Mississippi
Article about the Citizens Educational Association, a group of parents who formed to combat what they see as subversive political ideas being taught in their children's textbooks
School integration -- United States; Public administration -- Corrupt practices
Article revealing that Mississippi Welfare Commissioner Fred Ross used public funds to print and distribute copies of his speech titled "Racial Amalgamation Versus Segregation and Racial Coperation [sic]," which contends, among other things, that...
