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Sep. 1—OXFORD — The University of Mississippi is celebrating the 60th anniversary of integration with a slate of events throughout the entire 2022-23 academic year, including a signature event ...
Ole Miss was integrated by the enrollment of James H. Meredith, an African-American military veteran, on October 1, 1962. In Mississippi in the fall of 1962, there was violent resistance to court-ordered desegregation of the university. The violence required intervention by the Federal government to protect the safety of citizens.
The Ole Miss riot of 1962 (September 30 – October 1, 1962), also known as the Battle of Oxford, [2] was a race riot that occurred at the University of Mississippi—commonly called Ole Miss—in Oxford, Mississippi, as segregationist rioters sought to prevent the enrollment of African American applicant James Meredith. [3]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi is paying tribute to 89-year-old James Meredith 60 years after white protesters The post Ole Miss honors James Meredith 60 years after ...
The 2025 Ole Miss Rebels football team will represent the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels are led by sixth-year head coach Lane Kiffin and will play its home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium located in Oxford, Mississippi.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A former University of Mississippi student has been indicted on federal charges connected to a noose being put on a statue of the student who integrated the school, the ...
The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss. University of North Carolina Press. Winner of the 2010 Lillian Smith Book Award. Eagles, Charles W. (1993). Outside Agitator: Jon Daniels and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama. University of North Carolina Press. Winner of the 1993 Lillian Smith Book Award.
Research ponds at the University of Mississippi Field Station. Ole Miss is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". [135] [136] According to the National Science Foundation, the university spent $137 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 142nd in the nation. [137]