Mississippi+1960s

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This is an interesting article where Governor Ross Barnett did not want James Meredith to attend the University of Mississippi, as JFK tried to convince Governor Barnett to let him in, if not, JFK would have to call in the troops.

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A closest view of Simpson County, Mississippi. If you want to see more go to google earth []

Simpson Country
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Balance Agriculture with Industry
[|History and illustrations provided by the Mississippi Historical Society.]

Ross Barnett, Governor of Mississippi, 1960-64
God was the original segregationist, he once declared. He made the white man white and the black man black, and he did not intend for them to mix. His views on desegregation were apocalyptic. There is no case in history where the Caucasian race has survived social integration, he said. ''We will not drink from the cup of genocide." (Quoted in his [|1987 obituary] in the New York Times.)

- Here are two links that explain the Civil Rights Act of 1964: This act outlawed segregation in schools, public places, and employment. This legislation also protected the rights of women as well as minorities. [|**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964**] []
 * Civil Rights Act of 1964**

The Battle for Ole Miss
Part II of a two-part video.

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Boy Dylan's sings Oxford Town
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 * Freedom Riders**

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Teaching With Documents: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission []

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 * [|Log scale]