Riot on Campus with Confederate Flag

(Original Caption) 9/30/1962-Oxford, MS- Students, one of them waving a Confederate flag, shout insults at US marshals who surrounded the administration building at the Univ of MS to await the arrival of Negro James Meredith. Later, under cover of darkness, Meredith was ushered in a campus dormitory by a guard of 15 marshals. Then the demonstration outside exploded into a full scale riot. 2 were killed and 75 injured before the crowd was quelled with tear gas and bayonets.
(Original Caption) 9/30/1962-Oxford, MS- Students, one of them waving a Confederate flag, shout insults at US marshals who surrounded the administration building at the Univ of MS to await the arrival of Negro James Meredith. Later, under cover of darkness, Meredith was ushered in a campus dormitory by a guard of 15 marshals. Then the demonstration outside exploded into a full scale riot. 2 were killed and 75 injured before the crowd was quelled with tear gas and bayonets.
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514907898
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Bettmann
Date created:
September 30, 1962
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