A VISIT FROM WILLIAM DOYLE
THE NEW YORKER, WILLIAM DOYLE CAME TO OXFORD LAST TUESDAY FOR ANOTHER APPEARANCE HELD BY THE UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM. DOYLE GAVE A LECTURE IN THE OVERBY AUDITORIUM ABOUT THE INFAMOUS BATTLE OF OXFORD IN 1962 AND THE INTEGRATION OF JAMES MERIDITH. THE NAME OF DOYLE’S LECTURE WAS TITLED “REVISITING AN AMERICAN INSURRECTION.”
DURING DOYLE’S LECTURE HE DISCUSSED EVENTS THAT HE WROTE IN HIS BOOK “AN AMERICAN INSURRECTION.” SOME OF THE TOPICS HE DISCUSSED WERE THE TRAGIC EVENTS THAT OCCURRED TO PEOPLE DURING THE BATTLE, THE CHALLENGES JAMES MERIDITH FACED, AND THE ROLE THE GOVERNMENT PLAYED IN THE HISTORIC EVENT.
DOYLE REFERED TO THE 1962 RIOT AS A NEW CIVIL WAR AND SHARED THAT THE BATTLE OF OXFORD WAS THE TURNING POINT FOR RACIAL DESEGREGATION. THE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI CONTAINS ARE ONES THAT WILL FOREVER HOLD A MEMORY IN MANY PEOPLE’S HEARTS.
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