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Feb 5, 2014 · Harry S. Murphy, Jr., a black man, attended the University of Mississippi from 1945-1946. Overbrook Images/Argenta Images Editor’s Note: Allyson Hobbs is a history professor at Stanford University.
Oct 7, 2014 · There's the story of Harry S. Murphy, who was assigned as a ROTC cadet to the University of Mississippi by a commander who assumed Murphy was white. "For a year, Harry had a ball at Ole Miss ...
Jun 10, 2014 · Harry S. Murphy was a Navy sailor who enrolled at Ole Miss in 1945-46 as a white student. He later revealed his true identity and supported integration, but faced hostility and violence.
Harry S. Murphy is an American actor and writer who has appeared in movies such as Race to Witch Mountain, Blast from the Past and Super Mario Bros. He was born on 1 August 1956 and has also worked as a voice actor and a TV series writer.
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Historians credit Harry S. Murphy as the first Black student on campus in 1945, but he passed as White, and his peers perceived him as such. When Clennon King attempted to enroll in 1958, state authorities removed him from the registration area and incarcerated him.
Harry S. Murphy was a biracial student who passed as white to attend the University of Mississippi in 1945. He was one of the first African-American students to enroll in a historically white university, but his passing was accidental and temporary.
There's the story of Harry S. Murphy, who was assigned as a ROTC cadet to the University of Mississippi by a commander who assumed Murphy was white. "For a year, Harry had a ball at Ole Miss ...
