The Personal Papers of Burke Marshall. 1944 - 2003. Assistant Attorney General Mississippi Files. 7/1959 - 1963. Chronology of Events. 5/1961 - 10/1962. Chronology of Events at the University of Mississippi
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Marshall, Burke, 1922-2003
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Burke Marshall (1922-2003), lawyer and government official, was the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice from 1961 to 1964. From the description of Marshall, Burke, 1922-2003 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571372 ...
Meredith, James Howard, 1933-
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James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and United States Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Mississippi after the intervention of the federal government. In 1966, Meredith planned a solo 220-mile March Against Fear from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi. On the second day, he was shot by a white gunman and suffered numerous wound...
