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Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-132-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s radio and television address to the nation regarding desegregation and racially motivated violence at the University of Mississippi. In his speech President Kennedy regrets the necessity for any action by the federal government, but explains that the freedom to disagree with the law does not include the freedom to disobey it. The President calls upon the citizens of Mississippi to allow student James Meredith an equal opportunity for education and to preserve law and order by upholding their tradition of honor and courage.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-30-B
AR27
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-020-005
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-020-002
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-019-017
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-019-016
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-019-013
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-019-009
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-019-008
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-019-007
Textual folder
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-019-004
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-097-012
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning desegregation, civil unrest, and racially motivated violence at the University of Mississippi. Materials in this folder include newspaper clippings, telegrams to Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett, memoranda concerning student James Meredith and Governor Barnett, transcripts of telephone conversations between President Kennedy and Governor Barnett, transcripts of Associated Press news articles concerning violence and desegregation, press releases regarding unlawful obstructions of justice at the university, a memorandum from Special Assistant to the President Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and a draft of President Kennedy's statement on desegregation at the University of Mississippi.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0366-007
Materials in this folder include correspondence from President John F. Kennedy to regional law enforcement officers expressing gratitude for escorting student James Meredith through the University of Mississippi campus and maintaining public safety in Oxford, Mississippi.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0369-005
Materials in this folder include letters regarding the shooting of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee(SNCC) members in Greenwood, Mississippi; letters condemning the Federal government’s involvement with the unrest arising from the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; and telegrams urgently requesting the President to send Federal troops to Greenwood, Mississippi and Leflore County to protect African-American citizens and SNCC members against violence. Also included in this folder is an issue of The Reporter magazine dated November 8, 1962 containing an article regarding Clyde Kennard and his attempted admission to the University of Southern Mississippi.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0369-004
Materials in this folder include requests for an investigation into the shootings of members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), in Greenwood, Mississippi; letters in support of the President’s actions taken in connection with unrest at the University of Mississippi and the admission of James Meredith; and a letter from a resident of Alabama questioning the constitutionality of the admission of Meredith to the University of Mississippi and the Federal response to the situation.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0369-003
Materials in this folder include letters and telegrams in support of the President’s actions concerning the unrest in Oxford, Mississippi and the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0369-002
Materials in this folder include letters and telegrams in support of the President’s actions taken in connection with the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; letters and telegrams condemning the President’s use of Federal troops during the unrest at the University of Mississippi; and telegrams from Mississippi mayors supporting Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett in the University of Mississippi situation.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0369-001
Materials in this folder include clippings from New Hampshire newspapers regarding the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi, letters and telegrams in support of the President’s actions on the Meredith situation, a letter from Director of Public Relations for University of Mississippi Marvin M. Black to Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, and letters and telegrams from members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) concerning violence in the South and the safety of African-Americans in Mississippi as a result of Meredith’s admission. Also included in this folder are copies of Mississippi State Legislature House Concurrent Resolution No. 18 and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 108 condemning the actions of the Federal government in connection with the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0368-010
Materials in this folder include petitions, telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning desegregation at the University of Mississippi, with specific emphasis on student James Meredith’s activities and the use of military personnel to maintain public safety.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0374-004
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning racially motivated violence and racial segregation in educational institutions, with specific emphasis on schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia and the admission of student James Meredith at the University of Mississippi.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-040-028
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's radio and television address to the nation regarding desegregation and racially motivated violence at the University of Mississippi. In his speech the President regrets the necessity for any action by the Federal Government, but explains that the freedom to disagree with the law does not include the freedom to disobey it. He calls upon the citizens of Mississippi to allow student James Meredith an equal opportunity for education by upholding their tradition of honor and courage. Materials in this folder include various memoranda, drafts by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, a press copy, and a reading copy of the speech, in addition to press copies of a telegram to Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett and an executive order authorizing the removal of obstructions of justice.
Textual folder
James J. P. McShane Personal Papers
JJPMPP-002-004
Textual folder
James J. P. McShane Personal Papers
JJPMPP-002-005
Textual folder
James J. P. McShane Personal Papers
JJPMPP-002-006
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7515-D
President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address regarding the James Meredith integration crisis at the University of Mississippi. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.