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  AAUP Adopts Waiting Policy on Univ. of Miss

  Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on November 2, 1962 reports about the decision by the governing body of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) regarding reaction to the University of Mississippi's segregationist policies. It is reported that the AAUP will wait to respond and extend support until it hears about any actions taken against professors opposing the policy. Concern is focused on professor's safety as well as threats to the freedom of students, faculty, the University, and higher education. The AAUP predicts its possible reactions, including recommending the University's loss of academic accreditation or providing lost wages to professors who take a position on "the Meredith matter."

  Tags 1962, Academic freedom, American Association of University Professors, James Meredith, Segregation, University of Mississippi, Washington DC
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  Enrollment of Meredith In Ole Miss Stirs SC Action, Opinion On Campus

  Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 5, 1962 containing two letters written by Swarthmore Student Council (S.C.): one for James Meredith and one for the University of Mississippi's Student Council. The letters commend Meredith's courage in being the first Black student to attend University of Mississippi, advise the University's student body as to how they should react to desegregation, and share Swarthmore S.C.'s Rights resolution.

  Tags 1962, Civil rights movement, Desegregation, Integration, James Meredith, Student Council, Swarthmore College, University of Mississippi
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  Marshals in Mississippi

  Article from The Swarthmore Phoenix published on September 25, 1962 announcing that U.S. federal marshals would be deployed to enforce public school integration in order to protect civil rights. This news is shared in relation to James Meredith being escorted onto the campus of Ole Miss in order to protect any violation of his civil rights as he became the first Black student on its campus. The article discusses this shift in U.S. federal law and enforcement away from protecting segregation and toward enforcing integration.
  
  

  Tags 1962, Civil rights movement, Education, Freedom Riders, Integration, James Meredith, Law enforcement, Public opinion, Segregation, University of Mississippi
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  Violence Disrupts Southern Projects

  Article from The Swarthmore Phoenix published on September 25, 1962 announcing incidents of violence at sites of voter registration efforts by the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). There are multiple instances of shootings whose details are shared, including the names of those injured, their relation to the voter registration efforts, and their current condition. Toward the end of the article, the field secretary of SNCC comments on the attacks, including the racial politics motivating them.

  Tags 1962, Charlie Cobb, Howard University, Jack Chatfield, Jackson MS, Law enforcement, Marylene Burks, Prathia Hall, Racial discrimination, Robert Moses, Ruleville MS, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Trinity College, University of Mississippi, Violence, Vivian Hillet, Voter registration