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‘62 Champions return The 1962 national championship Ole Miss football team was back in town over the weekend and joined a panel in the Overby Center Saturday morning to discuss a number of topics surrounding the undefeated season.
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‘Mississippi: The Closed Society’ back in print James Silver’s “Mississippi: The Closed Society,” a book about “an insurrection in modern America,” is returning to print after a long hiatus. BY FRANCES ALLISON ftalliso@go.olemiss.edu
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James Silver, a historian, former professor at The University of Mississippi and friend of James Meredith authored a book about his firsthand experience of the riot and protest on Oct. 1, 1962, surrounding Meredith’s entry to the school. “Mississippi: The Closed Society” was published in January 1964; Square Books has been carrying this book since June. “It was a fearless and accurate critique of a culture which condemned the book and threatened Jim Silver’s life, the same culture that resisted desegregation with threats and acts of violence, which time clearly has proven to be wrong,” Richard Howorth, founder of Square Books, said. “The book serves as a historical record as well as a reminder that speaking truth to power may be dangerous
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but necessary if we expect to live in a healthy democracy.” Howorth said interest books, like Silver’s “Mississippi: The Closed Society,” wane as time goes on, and publishers have to sell a certain number of books per year. This is what happened to Silver’s book. However, with the 50th anniversary of See BOOK, PAGE 5
Ole Miss alumnus, Biloxi mayor Holloway honored TYLER JACKSON | The Daily Mississippian
TOP: Members of the undefeated 1962 Ole Miss football team hold a discussion at the Overby Center; BOTTOM: ASB President Kimbrely Dandridge introduced the 1962 team, which was honored at halftime during the Ole-Miss Texas game this past weekend.
BY JOHN LUKE McCORD mccordjohnluke@yahoo.com
Saturday was a big day on the Ole Miss campus. The Rebels played host to the Texas Longhorns under the bright lights of VaughtHemingway Stadium. However, on Saturday morning the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics was home to an event equally as special for
Rebel football fans who remember the good ol’ days of Ole Miss football under head coach Johnny Vaught. A forum discussion highlighting the 1962 undefeated, national championship team was moderated by ESPN senior writer and Clarksdale native Wright Thompson. The four featured players were Chuck Morris, Louis Guy, Glynn Griffing and Sam Owens. They each had
microphones, but before the discussion was completed, many of their former teammates in attendance also joined in the conversation. The group displayed its sense of camaraderie. Each player had a story about a time they were hazed by upperclassmen. Each player had a story about a time they had to run bleachers. Each See CHAMPIONS, PAGE 4
The 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award will honor Biloxi mayor A.J. Holloway for his efforts after Hurricane Katrina and community service. BY HANNA JALAWAN hjalawan@yahoo.com
The Ole Miss Department of Political Science will award its 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award to A.J. Holloway, mayor of Biloxi, early next month. The Distinguished Alumni Award, established five years ago by the Department of Political Science, aims to recognize Ole Miss alumni and their post-graduate accomplishments. The Advisory
Board of Alumni meets every spring to review possible selections. “People really appreciate this; there’s no money, there’s no building named after them,” John Bruce, chair and associate professor of political science said. “There’s nothing of great consequence, but it’s a symbolic thing that seems to be really valued by people.” A.J. Holloway, also a former Ole Miss athlete, was See HONOR, PAGE 5