Tag Archives: Civil Rights Movement

John Lewis to speak at law commencement

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., will be the keynote speaker for The University of Mississippi School of Law’s commencement ceremony May 10. Lewis was a major...

Equal rights about more than marriage

While society grapples with the concept of marriage in the twenty-first century, many may not realize that the equal rights movement is about more than...

Remembering Martin Luther King: 50 Years Later

WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing on hallowed ground of the civil rights movement, President Barack Obama challenged new generations Wednesday to seize the...

Where is our responsible media?

Yesterday morning, a gunman went on a chaotic shooting spree in Southern California, killing four people, including himself, and injuring two. How many of you know about this shooting? As I was perusing my daily news sources, it struck me by how casual the news story seemed, shoved between a beer brewery story and a piece about a British man dying from a SARS-like virus....

Not just black and white

  Many students and faculty associate James Meredith’s arrival with the opening of the doors of opportunity to the black community. But to Ariel Blanco, president of the Latin American Student Association, the promotion of Meredith’s integration signifies something more. “Integration means a mix of cultures, ethnic, racial, religious and creed differences,”...

Understanding and developing fifty years after integration

A half century ago, James Meredith drew the world’s attention to The University of Mississippi when he became the first black man to walk onto campus as a member of the student body. After battling the administration, state legislature and even Governor Ross Barnett himself, Meredith was finally allowed to transfer from Jackson State College – after the intervention...

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