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

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Index Adkins, Terry, 438–40 Alcorn A&M College, 55, 68, 72, 76, 81–88 Alexander, Paul G., 264, 292 ‘‘Alma Mater’’ (song), 431–32 American Association of University Professors (AAUP): and William P. Murphy, 195, 196; on student discipline, 376, 380, 393–94; and Kerciu, 411; and possible expulsion of Meredith, 422; after riot, 430 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): and Clennon King, 95–96; and William P. Murphy, 190, 192, 195; and William L. Higgs, 401 American Council on Education, 430 Anderson, Reuben, 435, 540 (n. 32) Armstrong, Louis, 56, 57 Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 430; and William P. Murphy, 196, 197 Attala County, Miss., history of, 202 Baldwin, James, 397, 529 (n. 80) Ball, Coolidge, 435 Barbour, William, 310 Barnett, Ross R., 112, 115, 173, 175, 178, 223, 263, 276, 277, 279, 282, 300, 405, 431; and Billy Barton, 182–88; and William P. Murphy, 194–95; background of, 281–82; speaks on statewide radio and television, 282–83, 355–56, 416; proclamation of interposition, 283, 290; popular support for, 283–84, 289, 291, 307–8, 337, 427; prepares resistance to courts, 285–86; participates in telephone negotiations, 288, 290, 291–92, 313, 314–16, 319–20, 324–25, 327, 331–32, 335–36, 339, 342–43, 365–66, 368; and IHL Board, 288–89, 293–94, 315–17; appears before legislature, 290– 91, 293; and contempt charges, 291, 292, 309–12, 328–29, 334, 429; denies Meredith ’s first attempt to register in Oxford, 301–5; proclamation protecting state employees from contempt charges, 309; prevents Meredith’s second attempt to register in Jackson, 315–18; misses Meredith ’s third attempt to register in Oxford, 321, 323; calls o√ fourth attempt to register Meredith in Oxford, 325–27; and contempt charges, 329, 409, 429; speaks at football game in Jackson before riot, 336–37; and SACS, 338; dispatches delegation to Oxford, 344; refuses to surrender , 366; and football game in Jackson after riot, 374; and Cleve McDowell, 415–16; on denying Meredith degree, 422–23; and controversy over riot, 425– 26, 428, 430 Barnett-Kennedy telephone negotiations. See Kennedy-Barnett telephone negotiations Barrett, Russell, 3, 405, 433; and Meredith, 388, 390, 406–7; criticizes student discipline , 394 Barrett, St. John, 328; and first attempt to register Meredith in Oxford, 302–4; testi- fies on contempt charges against university leaders, 305–7 550 i n d e x Barton, Billy, 181–88, 197–98, 433 Bell, Derrick, 241 Bell, Gri≈n, 201, 310 Bilbo, Theodore G., 19, 40, 60, 76, 163 Billingslea, Charles, 340, 365, 368, 369 Birdsong, T. B., 303, 537–38 (n. 14); during riot, 343–68 passim Black, Hugo, 273, 275–76, 277, 281 Blacks at university, after Meredith, 435–36 Blackwell, Charles G., 410–11 Bourdeaux, Tom, 31–32, 123 Boyd, J. D., 71, 74, 85, 87, 88 Bracey, Alfanette Marie, 268, 496 (n. 25) Brady, Thomas P., 99, 127, 132–33, 134, 291 Brower, Sidna: editorials by, 372, 381; receives national attention, 386, 395; target of student criticism, 387–88, 395, 405 Brown, John R., 263, 264, 265, 272, 291, 309– 10, 323 Brown, R. Jess, 95, 236, 241, 300, 423 Brown v. Board of Education, 74, 152, 153, 170–71, 225, 278; white criticism of, 74– 75, 99, 127, 269, 319, 426; as issue for William P. Murphy, 188–91 Bryan, G. McLeod, 119–21 Bryant, Philip, 182, 184 Bryant, W. Alton, 46, 122–23, 124, 158, 258, 421; replies to Hooker-White charges, 166–68, 169 Buchanan, William, 132 Business and civic leaders of Mississippi, 287–88, 308, 426 Cain, Mary D., 189 Calloway, Richard, 410–11 Cameron, Benjamin F., 192, 262, 268–70, 274, 275, 276, 309; issues stays in Meredith v. Fair, 270, 271–72, 273, 274, 275, 276; views on U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 272–73; assessments of, 497 (n. 39). See also Meredith v. Fair Cameron, John E., 137 Cameron, John W., 287, 356 Campbell, Hayden, 276, 283–84 Campbell, Will D., 161, 164, 165, 499 (n. 10); background of, 118; and REW, 118–35 passim; leaves university, 135–37, 433 Carter, Hodding, 120, 165, 186, 192, 193, 307, 484 (n. 35), 499 (n. 10); supports Alfred C. Schnur, 39; defends Albin Krebs, 65; on Clennon King, 96; protests segregated baseball, 102; criticizes unwritten law, 112; on screening of speakers, 118; supports Alvin Kershaw, 123; defends James Silver, 146–47; investigated by GLIC, 148; on witch hunt, 160; on Wilburn Hooker, 170; accused by...