Telegram, Unsigned, to President Dean W. Colvard, 1963

In this Western Union telegram, an anonymous person from Greenwood, Mississippi, writes to MSU President Dean W. Colvard, expressing their opposition to MSU playing Loyola Chicago, a team with Black players, in the NCAA tournament. The person expresses their hope that MSU would be beat and that the game would end in a riot.

1960-1969

Mississippi State University--Basketball--History ; College integration ; Segregation--Mississippi--20th century ; Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007 ; McCarthy, James Harrison, 1923-1975 ; Mississippi State University Basketball, Integration, 1963, Coach Babe McCarthy, Dean Colvard

Greenwood (Miss.)

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MFM_UA-A1985-120_1963-03-04_Telegram-Unsigned

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