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Ross Robert Barnett (January 22, 1898 – November 6, 1987) was an American politician and segregationist who served as the 53rd governor of Mississippi from 1960 to 1964. He was a Southern Democrat who supported racial segregation.
Nov 2, 2020 · Ross Barnett (January 22, 1898–November 6, 1987) served only one term as Mississippi's governor, but he remains one of the state's most well-known chief executives due in large part to his willingness to oppose civil rights efforts by imprisoning protesters, defying federal law, inciting insurrection, and functioning as a mouthpiece for the ...
Nov 7, 1987 · Former Gov. Ross Robert Barnett, whose advocacy of segregation helped make Mississippi a civil rights battlefield 25 years ago, died today, his son said. He was 89 years old.
Governor Barnett vowed to maintain segregation in the state’s public schools, even pledging to go to jail before he would allow integration. But in 1962, the United States Supreme Court directed the University of Mississippi to admit James H. Meredith, an African American applicant.
Nov 8, 1987 · Former Mississippi governor Ross Barnett, 89, who refused 25 years ago to let a black man enroll in the University of Mississippi and precipitated one of the great battles of the civil rights...
Feb 2, 2010 · Ross Barnett. State officials, including Governor Ross Barnett, attempted to defy the Supreme Court decision, provoking a constitutional crisis between the state of Mississippi and the federal...
The office of governor is the only public office Ross Barnett ever held and the only political office for which he ever campaigned. He is also one of only two Mississippians who ran for the office four times. He ran and lost in 1951 and 1955, he was elected in 1959, and he ran again […]
