National Park Service

The Civil War: 150 Years. National Park Service Sesquicentennial Commemoration.

Then: January 9, 1861

Mississippi Secedes

Mississippi Secedes

Mississippi adopts the Ordinance of Secession, lowers the Stars and Stripes, and raises a new blue flag bearing a single white star over the State Capitol in Jackson.

Now: January, 1961

James Meredith Applies to Ole Miss

James Meredith Applies to Ole Miss

On the day after President John F. Kennedy's inauguration, James Meredith wrote to the University of Mississippi requesting an application.

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