As far as most Mississippians are concerned, any Negro who tries to get himself educated in a white school ought to have his head examinedand sometimes does. Four years ago, the first Negro to attempt to register at the University of Mississippi was clapped into a mental institution for a couple of weeks. Last year a Negro who sought admission to Mississippi Southern College was sentenced to seven years' hard labor on a charge of stealing $22 worth of chicken feed. Last week Mississippi was back in the battle to keep its schools lily white.
Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black...
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