meredith's way. ole miss, he said, would remain all white. >> i, ross r. barnett, governor of the great and sovereign state of mississippi deny to you, james h. dith, admission to the university of mississippi. >> this was such a strong, crazy reaction to this lone negro entering the university of mississippi. >> being on the ole miss campus this weekend is something like being in the eye of a hurricane. >> there was a real sense of foreboding among people including reporters and including myself of "no good can come of this." >> on the side of opposing james meredith, you had people flooding in from alabama and other states who have nothing to do with the university of mississippi. >> literally hundreds of outsiders came pouring into the campus armed with shotguns, pistols, clubs. it was like a nazi rally. >> the mood was total anarchy. i was the first black woman, full time reporter, at "the washington post." i was not part of the team that was covering the events on campus. there is no way. as black reporters, we would have all been dead if we had tried to be on campus. >> hundreds of u.s. marshals sent by president kennedy to protect mered