The tensions surrounding integration in the 1960s were palpable. When James Meredith became the first black man admitted to the University of Mississippi, with the help of NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers, the public reaction was passionate and divisive. Audio at (00:56) School officials made efforts to obstruct Meredith’s admission to the university. Even the… Read more »
Pat Kirkwood. Gambler. Stock car racer. Businessman. Beatnik Beelzebub. The great and powerful Ozymandian charlatan of chivalry and charm. Lord of the underworld weirdos from hipsters to gangsters with connections to anyone from Gene Autry to Amon G. Carter, George Carlin to Jack Ruby. A man of controversy and public service, admired and reviled by… Read more »
