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Newspaper Article, Exposure, December 5, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, the Reflector states that the Board of Trustees's speaker ban was overturned by a court ruling. The paper cast the decision as a larger political movement for democracy and speech from America's youth.

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Bar Admissions-The Character Investigation as an Unconstitutional Scheme to Promote Conformity: Comment on "LSCRRC v. Wadmond"

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Civil Rights--Desegregation--HEW is Required to Make a Program-by-Program Finding of Discrimination in Order to Terminate Federal Funds Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Constitutional Law--Civil Rights-Section 1985(3) Does Not Reach Private Conspiracies

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Constitutional Law--Criminal Procedure--Sixth Amendment Does Not Require Right to Counsel for In-Custody Suspects at Photographic Identifications

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Constitutional Law--Equal Protection--States May Not Require More Than a Simple Majority to Authorize Local Bond Issues and Tax Levies Through Popular Election

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Constitutional Law--Reapportionment--Multi-Member Districts Which Minimize …

Newspaper Article And Photo, Hamer Depicts Integration As A One-Way Street, Mary Stowers Abbott, November 25, 1969, Mary Stowers Abbott

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, Abbott quoted Hamer in a report on Hamer's speech during her second Mississippi State visit. Hamer argued that white Americans unjustly feared that civil rights would enable Black Americans to oppress white Americans. She made appeals to God to argue that common humanity should have bound white and Black Americans to mutual civil rights and respect. A picture of Hamer addressing her audience from the stage accompanied the article.

Newspaper Article, Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer Appears At Msu Nov. 24, November 21, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, the Reflector announced Fannie Lou Hamer's anticipated appearance at Mississippi State. AA Plus sponsored her second appearance on campus.

Newspaper Cartoon, Urban Renewal Parody, W.E. November 21, 1969, W. E.

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this cartoon, W.E. drew a picture of a dilapidated house hidden behind a mansion façade. The dilapidated house is marked "social problems." The mansion façade is marked "urban renewal."

Newspaper Cartoon, Urban Renewal, November 21, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this political cartoon, the cartoonist satirized urban renewal as a façade that failed to address the deeper social issues that undergirded housing problems in the United States.The cartoon depicts an exterior mansion façade labelled "urban renewal" covering a wooden shack labelled "social problems."

Newspaper Article, Symbol Black, November 14, 1969, Philip E. Criswell

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, Philip E. Criswell wrote a letter to the editor criticizing an article that Mr. Ethridge wrote in defence of Bobby Seale, a Black American whose Chicago court case made national news. The court had Seale gagged to prevent him from verbally disrupting court proceedings. Ethridge claimed the act symbolized white Americans' oppression of Blacks in the United States, but Criswell argued that Seale, as a disruptive individual, should not be made the symbol of oppressed Black Americans.

Newspaper Advertisement, Aa Plus, November 4, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this advertisement, the Reflector announced an AA Plus meeting.

Newspaper Advertisement, Aa Plus, October 31, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this advertisement, the Reflector announced an AA Plus meeting.

Newspaper Article, Civil Rights Act Held Responsible In Black Teacher Job Loss, October 31, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, the Reflector printed a pro-segregationist piece attacking school integration. The writer claimed that consolidation of Black schools' students into white schools would put Black teachers out of work. It was an attempt to cast the 1964 Civil Rights Act and school integration as a radical social experiment detrimental to Black Americans.

Newspaper Article, Supreme Court Integration Decision Seen As Education Disaster, October 31, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, the Reflector reported the Supreme Court's ruling on immediate desegregation as a defeat for President Richard Nixon's "all deliberate speed" approach to civil rights. The case that brought about this decision was filed by NAACP lawyer Norman Amaker at the Jackson district court.

Newspaper Article, Us Government Removes Deadline On Desegregation, October 28, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, the Reflector claimed that white segregationists gained a victory in the legislative battle over desegregation of schools. Black civil rights advocates sought immediate integration, while white segregationists sought delays. Court attention on the question of speed of integration was interpreted as ground gained for segregationists.

Newspaper Advertisement, Aa Plus, October 21, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this advertisement, the Reflector announced an AA Plus meeting.

Newspaper Article, Starkville Pta Surveys Desegregation Attitudes, October 21, 1969, Craig Swicegood

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, Swicegood described the PTA's attempt to garner public opinion on integration. Starkville schools lost federal funding for failure to integrate its public schools in line with the Civil Rights Act.

Newspaper Article, Msu To Participate In Moratorium Giles Responds To Request, October 14, 1969, Lowell Hine

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, Hine reported that MSU would not participate in a nationwide moratorium on college classes for students to protest the Vietnam War. Fannie Lou Hamer, student leaders, and religious groups on campus wanted the university's participation. President Giles refused, stating students should schedule their protests around classes.

Newspaper Article, A Long Time, October 10, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, the Reflector gave an excerpt of lyrics from a Temptations' song. It's theme is technological advancement and lagging social mores surrounding race and Civil Rights.

Newspaper Article, Everyone Dug 'Em, October 10, 1969, Sean Burguet

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, Burguet reported on The Temptations's positive reception by a wide array of students at Mississippi State.

Book Review Of Comparative Constitutional Process, William F. Swindler

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Newspaper Article, Whoops! The Sky Is Falling, September 23, 1969, Barry Mccrory

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, McCrory chided a general unwillingness to discuss the rock throwing incident as a symptom of a larger problem: racial discontent.

Newspaper Article, Primitive Fears, September 26, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, the Reflector discussed a racially motivated rock-throwing incident. The anonymous student author decried race prejudice as out of place at Mississippi State.

Newspaper Article, Rock Throwing, Insults Cause Short-Lived Racial Flareup, September 23, 1969, Carroll Jackson

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, Jackson described the rock throwing as the first public sign of discontent with integration at Mississippi State. Campus police brought the victim and five perpetrators to its station. Legal ramifications for the perpetrators was unclear.

Newspaper Article, Rock Throwing, Insults Cause Short Lived Racial Flare Up, September 26, 1969, Carroll Jackson

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this article, Jackson reported that four white students assaulted Black student, Steve Oatis, with rocks. Jackson noted that the assault attracted attention, but doubted that the assualters would face any serious disciplinary action.

The Independent, Vol. 10, No. 2, September 18, 1969, Newark State College

Independent 1965-1969

The Independent was a student run newspaper created in 1960 at Newark State College, now Kean University. The proceeding title was The Reflector. The editor of this issue was Kevin B. Alton and Susan M. Stein.

Newspaper Advertisement, Aa Plus, September 16, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

This advertisement notified students of an AA Plus meeting.

Newspaper Article, Opportunity Is Equal, September 16, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

In this newspaper article, The Reflector described the university's first biracial magazine, Equal Opportunity. Magazine owners and staff hoped that it would encourage biracial understanding and cooperation.

Newspaper Article, Wooden Rooms, September 16, 1969, The Reflector

Reflector Collection, 1965-1975

This article is a call for equal rights. Black students' integration into Mississippi State University was part of the broader movement for Civil Rights in the United States.

The Independent, Vol. 10, No. 1, September 9, 1969, Newark State College

Independent 1965-1969

The Independent was a student run newspaper created in 1960 at Newark State College, now Kean University. The proceeding title was The Reflector. The editor of this issue was Kevin B. Alton and Susan M. Stein.

Taylor University Magazine (Summer 1969), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Summer 1969 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

The Independent, Vol. 9, No. 30, May 9, 1969, Newark State College

Independent 1965-1969

The Independent was a student run newspaper created in 1960 at Newark State College, now Kean University. The proceeding title was The Reflector. The editor of this issue was Kevin B. Alton and Susan M. Stein.

Restoration Of Deprived Rights, Joseph H. Kelley

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.