Project Documents Black Man Banned by Mississippi University

Subject

Higher Education; University of Southern Mississippi; Discrimination

Description

Some University of Southern Mississippi students are working on a project to document the story of a Black man who was barred from attending the university in the 1950s. Clyde Kennard was denied entry between 1955 and 1959 and later died after inadequate medical treatment while serving prison time for crimes he did not commit.

Creator

The Associated Press

Source

https://www.wlbt.com/2021/12/05/project-documents-black-man-banned-by-mississippi-university/

Publisher

wlbt.com

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