Marshals in Mississippi

Item

Swarthmore_Pheonix_ Marshalls in Miss.jpeg

Title

Marshals in Mississippi

Subject

Civil Rights
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Description

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.

Publisher

Swarthmore College

Date

09-25-1962

Rights

Creative Commons License
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Format

jpeg

Language

eng

Type

Text

Coverage

Washington (Dc.), Oxford (Ms.), Memphis (Tn.)

Original Format

newspaper print

Citation

“Marshals in Mississippi ,” Civil Rights 1960-1966, accessed December 22, 2024, https://ds-exhibits.swarthmore.edu/civil-rights-1960-1966/items/show/23.