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Nvmagpie
January 6, 2016

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This is a story that DH has told many times. I had him write it out so I could use it for journaling.
" Integration of MSU

After the horrible conflict that occurred when the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) was forcibly integrated in September of 1962, the peaceful manner in which it occurred at State stands in stark contrast. My University was blessed to have a President, Dean W. Colvard, PhD., with the foresight to recognize that segregation was an artifact too long extant after a civil war was fought to end slavery in America.

Dr. Colvard recruited a brave young man who was the son of a dentist in Starkville, MS to transfer from the junior college he was attending in Texas to Mississippi State. In the summer of 1965 Richard E. Holmes quietly enrolled for classes and became MSU’s first African-American student. Holmes’ enrolling in the summer lessened the negative response. His first day included, according to him, “No racial slurs…quiet and serene. Nothing happened…just curiosity…many ignored me.” I was in line to register for classes just a few places behind him because Hoorn comes behind Holmes. The only police presences were the normal campus police with no firearms. Dr. Colvard’s brave actions, in the face of still strong resentment in Mississippi of being forced to face the reality that all people must be treated equally, allowed MSU to make the transition with no problems at all. A few more African-Americans enrolled for the fall semester without incident as integration was an established fact by then."


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