A collection of oral history interview excerpts about the integration of the University of Mississippi professional schools. Part 1 covers an introduction to the men involved as well as the story at the University Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Opening Doors: Part 1
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Opening Doors: Part 2
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Opening Doors: Part 1
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John Robin Bradley on the legacy of Dean Morse and the role of the law school in prompting social change
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John Robin Bradley on the creation of a legal clinic that provided free legal services and the backlash against it
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John Robin Bradley on the Ford Foundation grants that provided for recruitment of black law students and the resulting backlash
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John Robin Bradley on law school attitudes about integration in the mid-1960s and a visit by civil rights activist Aaron Henry
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Dean Sam Davis on Dean Morse's lasting social impact on UM and Mississippi
Opening Doors, Forging New Paths
In 1965, Dr. Aaron Shirley became the first African American resident at the University Medical Center (UMC), the state's only medical school, in Jackson. In 1967, Reuben Anderson became the first African American graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law.
Behind the integration of the UM professional schools were two men in positions of leadership who took an unusual stand to open doors for black students:
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