The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss

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Contents Introduction 1 part 1 Ole Miss and Race 1 ‘‘Welcome to Ole Miss, Where Everybody Speaks’’ 9 2 Following Community Mores: J. D. Williams and Postwar Race Relations 26 3 ‘‘I Love Colored People, but in Their Place’’: Segregation at Ole Miss 41 4 ‘‘Negroes Who Didn’t Know Their Place’’: Early Attempts at Integration 60 5 Integration and Insanity: Clennon King in 1958 80 6 They Will ‘‘Want to Dance with Our Girls’’: Unwritten Rules and Rebel Athletics 99 7 ‘‘Mississippi Madness’’: Will Campbell and Religious Emphasis Week 117 8 Nemesis of the Southern Way of Life—Jim Silver 139 9 ‘‘On the Brink of Disaster’’: Defending States’ Rights, Anticommunism, and Segregation 160 10 ‘‘Thought Control’’: The Editor and the Professor 181 part 2 James Meredith 11 The Making of a Militant Conservative—J. H. Meredith 201 12 ‘‘I Regret to Inform You . . . ’’ 221 13 Meredith v. Fair I: ‘‘Delay, Harassment, and Masterly Inactivity’’ 239 14 Meredith v. Fair II: A ‘‘Legal Jungle’’ 261 15 Negotiations: A Game of Checkers 277 part 3 A Fortress of Segregation Falls 16 Initial Skirmishing: September 20–25, 1962 299 17 Confrontations: September 26–30, 1962 319 18 ‘‘A Maelstrom of Savagery and Hatred’’: The Riot 340 19 ‘‘Prisoner of War in a Strange Struggle’’: Meredith at Ole Miss 371 20 J. H. Meredith, Class of ’63 397 21 ‘‘The Fight for Men’s Minds’’ 425 Notes 445 Essay on Sources 543 Acknowledgments 547 Index 549 A section of photographs appears after page 198. ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ ∏ The Price of defianc e This page intentionally left blank ...