We Believed We Were Immortal: Twelve Reporters Who Covered the 1962 Integration Crisis at Ole Miss

• Published in: Journal of Southern History Vol. 84; no. 4; pp. 1058 - 1060
• Main Author: Thevenin, Rose C
• Format: Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Houston Southern Historical Association 01.11.2018
• Subjects: African Americans; Biographies; Civil rights; College students; Journalism; Journalists; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963); Race; Reporters; Sex discrimination; Mississippi; Florida; France; Baltimore Maryland

Conflicts between Governor Ross Robert Barnett, President John F. Kennedy, and state and federal courts were further aggravated by the organization and presence of white citizens' councils, students, the National Guard, journalists, photographers, federal authorities, and politicians. Wickham i...