On September 30, 1962, the nation was transfixed over the integration crisis at the University of Mississippi as James Meredith sought to become the first African-American to enroll in any public school in Mississippi. More than 300 reporters descended on the small town of Oxford. Before dawn a reporter would be murdered and 30,000 troops called in to quell a riot. Kathleen Wickham details the challenges faced by reporters to get their stories followed by the original reports they filed. She examines the still-unsolved murder of French reporter Paul Guihard and offers theories on the...
On September 30, 1962, the nation was transfixed over the integration crisis at the University of Mississippi as James Meredith sought to become th...
