Tension Over Desegregation Reached Its Peak During the Ole Miss Riot
President John F. Kennedy and the state of Mississippi were locked in a fierce battle over civil rights.
By
Diana La Paz | Published Feb 24, 2022

- James Meredith walks to class flanked by U.S. marshals, 1962.Photo Credit: Wikipedia
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President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy confer outside the White House, 1962.
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U.S. marshals on the Ole Miss campus, 1962.
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