I listened to most of
the pod-casts relating John F. Kennedy and the decision in whether letting James
Meredith into the college in Mississippi. Of course, in this time segregation was
just being stopped and most colleges were for whites only. The Mississippi
Governor Ross Barnett was sneaky and had his own beliefs on the subject. He had
negative views on it and I don’t believe he wanted to allow Meredith into the
school. You could almost feel Kennedy’s irritation through the conversation
with Barnett. Kennedy was willing and he followed through on everything, most
of the school down south didn't like the idea of integrated school. After many
attempts to get Meredith registered into Mississippi College by having to get
the Chief U.S Marshall to escort him; including 538 more men to get him on the
campus. This was a fascinating thing to listen too, its history from the past
recorded. It isn't scripted like many things.
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