In 1947, using his own Presto disc recording machine, Alan Lomax recorded bluesmen Big Bill Broonzy (1893-1958), Memphis Slim (1915-1988), and Sonny Boy Williamson (1914-1948) at Decca Studios in New York City, after they had given a concert at...
College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford; Meredith, James, 1933-; University of Mississippi -- History; Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning;
Telegram from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy regarding Meredith's arrival in Oxford and stating that any refusal to enroll Meredith would be in violation of District Court, the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. Dr. Verner S. Holmes was a...