Primary Documents
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Dr. Blair Batson professional and family photographs
Upgrading of Curriculum Is Sought By UM Dean, July 9, 1964, Jackson Daily News article (opens PDF file)
Ole Miss Now Being Invaded By Educators From The North, December 13, 1965, Mobile Press article (links to an external website)
Address by Senator Robert F. Kennedy, University of Mississippi Law School Forum March 18, 1966 (opens PDF file)
“Kennedy Cheered In Ole Miss Talk By Crowd of 5,500; OLE MISS CHEERS SENATOR KENNEDY,” March 19, 1966, New York Times article (links to an external website)
“New Mood at Ole Miss,” September 23, 1966, Time Magazine article (links to an external website)
Clarion Ledger reaction to Time Magazine article (opens PDF file)
“Mississippi Notebook: What About Ole Miss Law School?,” October 5, 1966, Clarion Ledger opinion column, (opens PDF file)
“This is Mississippi—Ultra–Rightists Are Angered By Law School Liberalism,” October 9, 1966, Commercial Appeal article (opens PDF file)
“Law School Dean Booed at Meeting” December 5, 1966, Clarion Ledger article (opens PDF file)
Statement of Belief and Intention, May 1, 1968, statement printed in the Jackson Daily News by concerned citizens, including Dr. Blair Batson, in the collection of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission files (links to an external website)
“Mississippi Notebook: Attorney Discusses UM Law School,” July 2, 1968, Clarion Ledger opinion column (opens PDF file)
“Law Schools: New Misery at Ole Miss” August 30, 1968, Time Magazine article (links to an external website)
Letter to the UM Law Journal, March 20, 1969, personal letter Dean Sam Davis referred to in his interview (opens PDF file)
“The Lawyers of Ole Miss” June 23, 1969, The Nation magazine article (links to an external website)
Sovereignty Commission files (perform a basic name search on Reuben Anderson, Joshua Morse, and Dr. Aaron Shirley to retrieve numerous files), Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission files (links to an external website)
Reflections: Joshua Morse, Fall/Winter 2004/05, UM Lawyer University of Mississippi School of Law newsletter (links to an external website)
“A Lifetime of Service,” June 5, 2009, Clarion Ledger article on Dr. Aaron Shirley (opens PDF file)
Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children website (links to an external website)