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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Hunter Scott- Mississippi Crisis

I listened to the Mississippi crisis, a dilemma regarding the federal and Mississippi state powers verbally disputing whether or not to let  James Meredith, a young African American man, register for Ole' Miss college. President John F. Kennedy and the supreme court had both decided that Mr. Meredith was to be allowed to register for Ole' Miss but the Mississippi Governor, Ross Barnett, had other plans. Governor Barnett said that the supreme courts decision to let Mr. Meredith register went against Mississippi's segregation laws. This was the point in which President Kennedy decided to intervene, where he had many phone calls with Governor Barnett. In these phone calls Kennedy and Barnett both came up with solutions to their dispute through words instead of violence. My opinion is that the solution that they came to agree to was the best possible as James Meredith was aloud to register and no one was hurt.
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I listened to the Mississippi crisis where President Kennedy and Governor Barnett of Mississippi where in conflict on whether or not to let James Meredith join the University of Mississippi. The supreme court and JFK each agreed to the fact that Meredith should be allowed to join Ole Miss, but because Meredith was a black man, Governor Barnett said that it interfered with the segregation laws in Mississippi at that time. Due to the fact that race is a touchy issue, civil conflict was very much in play, but Kennedy knew if he let it get out of hand, he would lose votes. Throughout several phone calls with Governor Barnett and the fact that he was blackmailed by the attorney general, it was decided that Meredith could enroll at Ole Miss. The fact that Kennedy was able to accomplish such a task with little if any violence demonstrates what a wise and honorable man he was.

August 11, 2013 at 6:07 PM

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