Ole Miss was the sad site of national furor when the national Guard was called several thousand strong, out to quell a riot of white bigots trying to prevent the admission of one soft-spoken black man named James Meredith.

Tonight, Ole Miss will stand tall in American history by being the site where a single soft-spoken black man will start his ascent to the leadership of untold numbers of more rational humans of all races across the United States.

That's a historical perspective of some importance and a chance for Mississippi to regain her pride and recover from her role in a national disgrace forty odd years ago.


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