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Ole Miss or the University of Mississippi was known to be an all white school or segregated school like most of the Universities in America at  the time.

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This video shows the importance of football to the students back in the 60's and in one of the first clips it shows how the stands are completely full. As you can see there are no African American players on the field.

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Mississippi Police Seize Negro Seeking to Enroll at University

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Mississippi Police Seize Negro Seeking to Enroll at University

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This article in the New York Times just goes to show by just reading the title that the University of Mississippi wants to stay segregated

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Enrollment Shows Decline At University of Mississippi

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Enrollment Shows Decline At University of Mississippi

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This article talks about how not as many people are enrolling into the University of Mississippi because of the previous riots.

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This young man was the first African American football player to be recruited for the University of Mississippi's football team and was the start of this university acceptance of desegregation.

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He claims that he will put a stop to allowing colored people into the University of Mississippi because he "respects Mississippi's heritage"

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September 29, 1962 - Ross Barnett, Governor of Mississippi, giving his I Love Mississippi speech.

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JFK Allows James Meredith to Enroll in Ole Miss

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JFK Allows James Meredith to Enroll in Ole Miss

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John F. Kennedy sends Marshal's to go escort James Meredith to the University of Mississippi. The governor and president argued as these riots worsened, so it got to the point where the president asked for troops help and by the morning everything was settled but 35 marshals were shot and 2 people were killed.

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35 US Marshalls are shot in attempt to admit the first black at the university

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The Governor of Mississippi continues to fight what JFK wants and refuses to accept the desegregation

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September 30, 1962

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This image shows how he was escorted by marshal's to the University of Mississippi ordered by JFK, this was the end of segregation for this University.

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“Riots over Desegregation of Ole Miss.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 9 Feb. 2010, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/riots-over-desegregation-of-ole-miss.

This website gave me the basic information of what happened in 1962 at the University of Mississippi. It gave few details but was very helpful by allowing me to understand what happened that in Mississippi.

“Ole Miss Riot of 1962.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Mar. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Miss_riot_of_1962.

Wikipedia is not the best source to use but in cases like this it is very helpful to have a basic understanding of the event. The summarization helped me write by short description of what the desegregation of university of mississippi is.

Staff, NPR. “The Fight To Desegregate Ole Miss, 50 Years Later.” NPR, NPR, 28 Sept. 2012, www.npr.org/2012/09/28/161953187/the-fight-to-desegregate-ole-miss-50-years-later.

In this article it gave me details of the experience that James personally went through because it gave quotes on what he said when we saw all of the white people in the school. Not many other documents had quotes from James so that was very helpful.

https://law.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/law-history.jpg

This source is an image of what I’m guessing is the main building of the campus. I saw this same building on the internet but this was the only one that I found before 1962 to give readers a visual of what the school might of looked like.

Rebels, Ole Miss. “1960 Sugar Bowl.” YouTube, YouTube, 17 Dec. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPUowV2Unbw.

This video shows real clips from the sugar bowl and shows how the whole team was white. It also shows how involved the school is in football which is still shown today.

“Enrollment Shows Decline At University of Mississippi.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Oct. 1963, www.nytimes.com/1963/10/09/archives/enrollment-shows-decline-at-university-of-mississippi.html.

This newspaper article talks about how the enrollment into the University of Mississippi has gone down after the riots in 1962. Mostly because people did not want to go to a school that wasn’t all white especially because it was in the South.

“Mississippi Police Seize Negro Seeking to Enroll at University.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 6 June 1958, www.nytimes.com/1958/06/06/archives/mississippi-police-seize-negro-seeking-to-enroll-at-university.html.

This article shows the hatred that the University of Mississippi has towards colored people because they arrested a man for trying to enroll to the university. They must really want to stay segregated if they are willing to go to that extent.

Oxford Eagle Contributors. “Ole Miss Recruits First Black Player.” The Oxford Eagle, 5 Feb. 2016, www.oxfordeagle.com/2016/02/07/ole-miss-recruits-first-black-player/.

This article was about the first African American football player recruited by the University of Mississippi. This was a very big deal because it showed that the segregation and hatred was starting to come to an end.

HelmerReenberg. “September 29, 1962 - Ross Barnett, Governor of Mississippi, Giving His I Love Mississippi Speech.” YouTube, YouTube, 3 Jan. 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVf3FxKxJU.

This video shows the speech that Governor of Mississippi Ross Barnett gave about how he will fight to keep segregation legal at all cost. He was against what JFK had done in Mississippi and argued with him because he believed segregation was best for Mississippi.

Digest, The Impious. “Deadly Riots at Ol' Miss.” YouTube, YouTube, 4 Sept. 2006, www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVqvCuOwpZU.

This video shows viewers real clips of what happened the night of all the riots at the University of Mississippi. It tells the story how the Governor and the President argued during the riots and it showed clips of the Army coming in and stopping the riots.

“Barnett Defies Federal Court On Mississippi U. Integration; BARNETT DEFIES UNIVERSITY ORDER.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 14 Sept. 1962, www.nytimes.com/1962/09/14/archives/barnett-defies-federal-court-on-mississippi-u-integration-barnett.html.

This newspaper shows how the governor Ross Barnett does not want segregation to end. He continues to fight a battle he can’t win in court.

https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/09/28/meredith_4_vert-b375915cb11e8bacb615acf6772f9ee29325fb97-s800-c85.jpg

In this source it is an image that shows James H. Meredith being escorted on the University’s campus. This image captures the emotion that Meredith was going through on that day being the first African American enrolled in that university.