Remembering national-title days — Ole Miss to celebrate the 50th anniversary...
The past two seasons have been zero fun for those who have even a casual rooting interest in the Ole Miss football program. The third game of the 2012 season, when the Rebels play Texas in Oxford, will...
View ArticleJames Meredith reflects on and reveals his missions from God
James Meredith has always confounded people. In 1962, as a 29-year-old Air Force veteran, he confounded the white power structure and the watching world by breaking the color barrier at the University...
View ArticleThompson’s take an inspiring look back
Wright Thompson makes the point, “What is the cost of knowing our past, and what is the cost of not?” As Mississippians, we probably don’t talk about the past enough. We want to sweep it under the rug...
View ArticleJudicial realignment means closure of historic courtroom
MERIDIAN — The city of Meridian’s only federal courtroom — the site of historical civil rights cases more than four decades ago — will close under legislation passed by the U.S. Senate and sent to...
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Documentary focusing on Ole Miss integration to be screened Sept. 30
OXFORD – On Oct. 1, 1962, James Meredith became the first African-American student to enroll in the University of Mississippi, amid controversy and violence. The yearlong celebration of that important...
View ArticleMCDILL: Rowdy Rebels unhappy with Obama re-election
While polls in the 2012 presidential election were closing across the country, things were a little rowdy at the University of Mississippi. Ole Miss students gathered in front of the student union...
View ArticleREILY: Ole Miss students chose so, so poorly
As I am sure you have seen by now, a protest at Ole Miss against the re-election of President Barack Obama grew into crowd of about 400 people with shouted racial slurs as rumors of a riot spread on...
View ArticleUM alumni put up reward to find Meredith statue vandals
OXFORD — At the request of Chancellor Dan Jones, the university’s Alumni Association has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of two individuals involved in an incident on the...
View ArticleSuspects decline to talk about Meredith statue vandalism
The University of Mississippi Police Department believes it has identified the individuals who recently vandalized a statue of James Meredith on the UM campus, but the suspects are not being...
View ArticleRust College being honored with marker on Freedom Trail
HOLLY SPRINGS — The role of Rust College students during the Civil Rights era will be commemorated with a marker on the Mississippi Freedom Trail tomorrow. The unveiling will take place at 4 p.m. on...
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Noted civil rights attorney Doar dies at 92
Meredith, the first African-American student to attend Ole Miss is escorted to class by U.S. Marshals. WASHINGTON — John Doar, a top Justice Department civil rights lawyer in the 1960s who fought to...
View ArticleLate attorney Doar was trusted advocate for racial equality
JACKSON — U.S. Justice Department attorney John Doar earned respect among Mississippi civil-rights activists in the 1960s as a trusted advocate who was committed to the ideals of racial equality. Doar...
View ArticleJames Meredith reflects on and reveals his missions from God
James Meredith has always confounded people. In 1962, as a 29-year-old Air Force veteran, he confounded the white power structure and the watching world by breaking the color barrier at the University...
View ArticleAnalysis: Book shows angles of Miss. civil rights resistance
When James Meredith challenged Mississippi’s entrenched system of white supremacy in 1962, Gov. Ross Barnett had a plan to stop the black military veteran from integrating the state’s flagship...
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