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This article describes the lack of Black faculty and professors on the Mississippi State University campus. The article goes on to quote a Black faculty member as saying that he believes the shortage is not from lack of trying but more from facing…

This article examines the history of white attempts to circumvent and avoid integration in Mississippi schools between 1954 and 1970. This article mentions the Jackson Citizen's Council, white insistence on Separate but Equal, and President Kennedy's…

This article details the requests made by the "Black student population at Mississippi State University" via letter to the University president, William L. Giles. The requests range from four Black senators on the Student Association to "a fully…

This article describes some requests and proposals made by the Black student body on the Mississippi State University campus. Combined with the requests is a history on the treatment of Black people throughout history and how the current treatment…

This article artfully discusses Medgar Evers, John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luthor King, and Robert Kennedy's efforts at dispelling racism through Civil Rights works though the article refers to their work as bringing "death to hatred."

This article offers the view that an entire race shouldn't be stereotyped and instead individuals should be judged by their own attributes.

This article details why many Black students on the Mississippi State University campus believe the Student Association Senate is a racist body. The article refers to a resolution that was recently passed and quotes a statement by the Student…

This article gives a positive review of the concert performed on the Mississippi State University campus by Black voices, a choir composed of Black singers. The article goes on to describe the versatility of the performances and many of the songs…

This article provides a look into the history and biography of the Black Voices choir. The article includes quotes from members describing the genres of music they sing and provides information about an upcoming concert on the Mississippi State…

In this article, a series of letters to the editor demanded an explanation of Jimmy Ball's inflammatory and racist language at a Student Association meeting.