Ghosts of Ole Miss

In the fall of 1962, a dramatic series of events made Civil Rights history and changed a way of life. On the eve of James Meredith becoming the first African-American to attend class at the University of Mississippi, the campus erupted into a night of rioting between those opposed to the integration of the school and those trying to enforce it. Before the rioting ended, the National Guard and Federal troops were called in to put an end to the violence and enforce Meredith's rights as an American citizen.

Cast

Wright Thompson

Narrator

James Meredith

Himself

Dan Rather

Himself

Larry Leo Johnson

Himself

Louis Guy

Himself

Sam Owen

Himself

William Winter

Himself

Bobby Boyd

Himself