Clyde Kennard

Project Documents Black Man Banned by Mississippi University

Associated Press December 6, 2021

Some University of Southern Mississippi students are working on a project to document the story of a Black man who was barred from attending the university in the 1950s.

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Section of Highway Named for Civil Rights Pioneer Clyde Kennard

Associated PressMay 31, 2021

A highway section near the University of Southern Mississippi has been named to honor a civil rights pioneer who was wrongfully convicted after he tried to enroll at the all-white university in the 1950s.