Birmingham News sleeve BN0008755

Birmingham News sleeve BN0008755

Ole Miss [Mississippi] State College / Registration / James Meredith (Negro) attempted entrance / See Dean negatives 62-7035 / 62-7149 / 62-7098 / First series, showing registration desk / Ole Miss freshmen pre-register quietly / Actual registration of "new students," including freshmen an...

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Main Author: Metz, George
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:
Photographs
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/17472
format Electronic
collection Alabama Media Group Collection
building Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic Photographs
spellingShingle Photographs
Birmingham News sleeve BN0008755
Metz, George
fulltopic Photographs
description Ole Miss [Mississippi] State College / Registration / James Meredith (Negro) attempted entrance / See Dean negatives 62-7035 / 62-7149 / 62-7098 / First series, showing registration desk / Ole Miss freshmen pre-register quietly / Actual registration of "new students," including freshmen and transfers to begin Thursday / Beanie topped freshmen gather around student building / Anticipated attempted entrance of Negro James Meredith number one campus topic. / Then series of youth with beanie reading bulletin / Ole Miss freshman scans "Liberty Bulletin" / Pamphlet distributed Tuesday calls on students to "place yourself under the direction of Governor Barnett." / Chancellor with a problem / Ole Miss chancellor J. D. Williams had "no comment" for newsmen / Final picture: may not print taken late in afternoon, no flash. / State officers gather at Ole Miss / Plainclothes state investigators examine tank. / This particular picture... couldn't be taken over. Had I brought flash into play would have created friction, didn't feel picture was worth it. Furthermore, tank will not be used in preventing Meredith's registration, so is somewhat misleading in first place. / [Notes included]
spelling BN0008755Birmingham News sleeve BN00087551962-09-191960-1969Metz, GeorgeBirmingham News62-06707Ole Miss [Mississippi] State College / Registration / James Meredith (Negro) attempted entrance / See Dean negatives 62-7035 / 62-7149 / 62-7098 / First series, showing registration desk / Ole Miss freshmen pre-register quietly / Actual registration of "new students," including freshmen and transfers to begin Thursday / Beanie topped freshmen gather around student building / Anticipated attempted entrance of Negro James Meredith number one campus topic. / Then series of youth with beanie reading bulletin / Ole Miss freshman scans "Liberty Bulletin" / Pamphlet distributed Tuesday calls on students to "place yourself under the direction of Governor Barnett." / Chancellor with a problem / Ole Miss chancellor J. D. Williams had "no comment" for newsmen / Final picture: may not print taken late in afternoon, no flash. / State officers gather at Ole Miss / Plainclothes state investigators examine tank. / This particular picture... couldn't be taken over. Had I brought flash into play would have created friction, didn't feel picture was worth it. Furthermore, tank will not be used in preventing Meredith's registration, so is somewhat misleading in first place. / [Notes included]Alabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/17472
title Birmingham News sleeve BN0008755
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