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  1962-09-30, CBS, min.

  • James Meredith
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Ross Barnett

  SPECIAL REPORT
  President John F. Kennedy addresses the racial crisis in Mississippi. He discusses Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett's refusal to register James Meredith at Mississippi University, Kennedy does not want to use troops, he urges peaceful integration at the campus, he emphasizes that Federal power will be used to enforce laws.