state. the university of mississippi, mississippi state university and mississippi university for for women.e removed the presidents and replace them with people -- i think one was a real estate agent. another had just received his bachelor degree a year before.he removed all the people -- this is what was claimed -- that didn't like him. he removed professors that went against him, the president, and replaced them with his cronies. a lot of his friends that were often not qualified suddenly theeived positions in universities in the state. this particular document here is a report of the executive committee of the association of colleges, which is one of the accreditation units for universities. they did their own investigation. the put not only the 3 schools whose presents were removed, but also southern mississippi on probation. that was something that made a lot of headlines. it hurt bilbo's career a good bit. what he was known for and what people around the country came to identify with bilbo was where his views on race relations. ,s u.s. senator, theodore bilbo one of his possible legis

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university of mississippi, what is now mississippi state university, and the university for women. he removed the president and replace them with people like, i think one person was a real estate agent and another person had received his naturalist agree the year before. he removed all the people who did not like him. he removed professors who went against him and the president and replace them with his cronies. a lot of his friends who were not qualified received the universities in the state. report of at is a colleges -- of colleges in the state. it is one of the accreditation unit -- units for the diversity. they did their own investigation . the put not only the 3 schools whose presents were removed, but also southern mississippi on probation. that was something that made a lot of headlines. it hurt bilbo's career a good bit. what he was known for and what people around the country came to identify with bilbo was where his views on race relations. as u.s. senator, theodore bilbo, one of his possible legislative ideas was the greater liberia act. this act was something that bil

selfie talk about the mississippi state university also a limit to ariels to see this will spread and spread. >> in north carolina we have a world economy that is struggling since there is no way it does succeed -- the success of this can carry the whole state. one of the things that we talk about is they are tremendous the public university system has an obligation and it doesn't have to be physical the universities and would love to do more connection. uc don't want to do that it is 50 years old but leverage your own assets. where they start to look like everyplace else is what defines the character of your location? that every entrepreneur wants to live downtown someone's to live and the small town someone to be better connected to the world but brookings and other policy places can help provide the tools to small communities of things to strive for water the measures many read those types of metrics we will not get to everybody but we can make a difference for some. >> one of the examples about leveraging but overland test and interesting job of course, they have a strong universi

. >>> a mississippi state university student is dead after falling from a jumbo tron. it happened last night at davis wade stadium on the msu campus. he was with friends and climbed up on top of the video system. the two other young man were not hurt. officials say they do not know how the group got into the stadium or how they managed to get up on top of the jumbo tron. the school put out a statement saying the campus is saddened by the loss. >>> women in chicago are calling for a day of peace northern of mothers day. >>> the mom's who lost their children to gun violence say they don't want to nothing further parents to feel their pair re pain. they issued a call to action for there to be no shootings this weekend. according to crime statistics from the chicago police department. in april alone, 311 people were shot. 36 of them died. >> these kids are going to the streets because there's no love in the home. i don't want them standing by us, i don't want to see another mother bury their child. >> the group of moms had a similar request last easter and were pleasant's

if you see talking about mississippi because mississippi state university has great research on also new materials, then you see that this will spread and spread. that's what i hope and believe. >> in north carolina we have a real economy that's struggling. there's no way that the success of the research in charlotte can carry the whole state. so -- so when we meet and talk with a lot of these communities, one of the things we talk about is one leveraging your community colleges, they're tremendous. our public system has obligation to serve the state. connect to them. it doesn't have to be fiscal, you the virtual world. the universities would love to do more connections, take advantage of that. number three, they come to see you and want to clear rcp, that's 50 year's old. what you really have to do is leveraging our own assets. what is it that's wonderful about your community. addly i would say to many of the communities over the last 20 years have fallen to the wal-mart and suburb sort of approach. when start to go look like every place else, what they have to do is take a look bac

coming up, republican rights michelle obama gives the commencement address at jackson state university, mississippi. >> in iraq and afghanistan, i helped both countries with their

mississippi, on booktv. located in the southern part of the state as apocalypse of nearly 80,000 is home to the university of southern mississippi. with the help of our comcast cable partners, over the next 90 minutes we'll talk with local authors as well as about the history of the area and the dakota clinic look at the civil war through the eyes of both well-known and ordinary families. >> i really had always wanted to write this kind of sweeping, i guess sauger of the civil war. and for me as a military historian over the years what i of those is that as much as was ousted by what happens on the battlefield and this sweeping changes that take place because of his campaign on that campaign, the soldiers are always looking older i really came to deciding on my writing that you have to look at both. you have to look at the soldier and the families, the battlefront and the homefront if you're going to understand war. >> later we'll take it to the university of southern mississippi's mccain library to see rare books and other unique items in their special collections. first we are from author david davies abou

mississippi, on booktv. located in the southern part of the state, it has a population of nearly 50,000 and is home to the university of southern mississippi. with the help of our comcast cable partners, other the next 90 -- over the next 90 minutes, we'll talk with local authors as we learn about the history of the area including a look at the civil war through the eyes of both well known and ordinary families. >> i really had always wanted to write this kind of sweeping, almost like a saga of the civil war. and for me as a military historian, over the years what i've noticed is that as much as we're fascinated by what happens on the battlefield and, you know, this sweeping -- the sweeping changes that take place because of this campaign or that campaign, the soldiers are alwaysooking home. so i've really come to decide in all of my writing that you have to look at both. you have to look at the soldiers and the families, the battle front and the home front. if you're going to understand war. >> later, we'll take you to the university of southern mississippi's mccain library to see rare books and other unique items

i've done some teaching at the university of mississippi at the school of journalism and some students have come to mississippi because they are in state tuition is more expensive than the out of state tuition. i know a lot of folks don't want to go to mississippi but it's a great school. >> you're saying to families look around,. >> yes, look around. there are accredited institutions of higher learning. people from all over the world go there but people tend to have like blinders on when it comes to certain part of the countries and certain state schools. maybe they should take those blinders off. >> margaret you have many connections to many universities like stanford where the former president once said they think they should get rid of the idea of college as four years and we should try to get it done in three years, maybe simpler. would you be in favor of something like that. >> absolutely. look, i don't think there's any law written anything that says you are fully educated after a ba degree. and it can't be tied into three years. you want to enhance learnings and enhance skills. you want critical thinking skills and broaden worl

protests all across the united states in terms of counter demonstrations -- 1962 is the year of james meredith, the first black student to integrate the university of mississippi and there will be three days of rioting that leave one person dead. 1963 is the centennial of the emancipation proclamation and the city of birmingham, alabama is literally and figuratively on fire. martin luther king jr. connected with a local movement led by the reverend fred shuttlesworth to desegregate birmingham, alabama. same as the king is incarcerated in birmingham and he writes on scraps of paper letter from birmingham jail and he really defends the movement against critics who say the movement should move slower. the movement should wait and freedom and justice and democracy. one of the best lines from birmingham jail is king arguing in the future the young men and women being incarcerated and brutalized and arrested in birmingham are going to be remembered as heroes and he says they're going to be remembered as heroes for bringing the nation back to, quote, those great wells of democracy dug deep by the founding fathers. 1963 is the year of german shepherd fire hoses in bir

started together in one "why did sheo me give all that money to the university of southern mississippi and didn't give it to jackson state or another school?" i said i think you need to ask her because she is right over there. the lady asked her the same question. she said "well, god told me who to give it to. their black student at the university of southern mississippi and i want to give it to the students but god is the one who told me who to give it to." >> we are here in mccain library in this is where the mccarty collection goes. miss mccarty received a number of honors and one of the most significant was the residential citizens medal from president clinton, the second highest honor given to private citizens of the united states. >> at this country had more people like you, we would have very few problems and i'm very proud of you and i thank you so much for what you've done and for the example you set for people all across america. >> she was in love with president clinton. i think only because he was the first president that invited her to the oval office and treated her as though she was great. the outfit she w