Posts tagged 1970

The Art of War: Has the Time Come for Johnny Reb to Stand Down?

While covering the 1962 riots at the University of Mississippi over James Meredith’s enrollment, Philippe Guihard, a warm, friendly French journalist, became the only reporter killed during the civil rights era.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellJanuary 6, 20211970, University of Mississippi, James Meredith, Philippe Guihard, Philip Scarborough, Dear Johnny Reb, Gen. Robert E. Lee, Civil Rights and Restorative Justice, Black history, Emmett Till Interpretive Center

Mississippi versus Big Bird and Friends

In the very last week of 2020, let’s look back at what Mississippi was up to exactly 50 years ago.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellDecember 28, 2020Mississippi State Commission for Educational Television, 1970, Mississippi history, Sesame Street ban, public television, Jim Henson, Greenville, integration, Ford foundation