Editing James Meredith (section)

===Rioting at the University===
[[File:US Marshals at Ole Miss October 1962 cph.3c35522.jpg|thumb|U.S. Army trucks loaded with steel-helmeted federal agents roll across the University of Mississippi campus on October 3, 1962.]]
{{main|Ole Miss riot of 1962}}
On September 29, Governor Barnett made a spirited speech at halftime of the Ole Miss-Kentucky football game, firing up the crowd<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Jerry |title=History: Meredith enters Ole Miss |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/journeytojustice/2015/09/29/james-meredith-ole-miss/73025954/ |access-date=June 3, 2024 |website=The Clarion-Ledger |language=en-US}}</ref> and encouraging people to block Meredith’s entry to the university.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Brodsky |first=Megan |date=March 25, 2018 |title=Ole Miss Riot (1962) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/ole-miss-riot-1962/ |access-date=June 3, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mulligan |first=Jackson |date=October 3, 2022 |title=60 Years of Integration: A Historical Reflection on James Meredith and the Integration of the University of Mississippi |url=https://thedmonline.com/60-years-of-integration-a-historical-reflection-on-james-meredith-and-the-integration-of-the-university-of-mississippi/ |access-date=June 3, 2024 |website=The Daily Mississippian |language=en-US}}</ref> He said, in part, "I love Mississippi! I love her people, our customs ... I love and I respect our heritage."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Elliott |first=Debbie |date=October 1, 2012 |title=Integrating Ole Miss: A Transformative, Deadly Riot |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/10/01/161573289/integrating-ole-miss-a-transformative-deadly-riot |access-date=June 2, 2024 |website=npr.org}}</ref>  The Ole Miss Band waved a large Confederate flag, and the stands were full of students waving Confederate flags.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prints of Ole Miss Riot , 1962. Students waving Confederate flags at the University of Mississippi |url=https://www.mediastorehouse.com/granger-art-on-demand/ole-miss-riot-1962-students-waving-confederate-13641152.html |access-date=June 3, 2024 |website=Media Storehouse Photo Prints |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|first=David G. |last=Sansing |access-date=June 2, 2024 |title=The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History |chapter=Conflict, Change, and Continuity – 1960-1968 |date=1999 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |url=https://50years.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/139/2014/05/9781578060917_chp11.pdf |isbn=9781578060917}}</ref> President Kennedy sent federal marshals to Mississippi.<ref name=":0" />

On Sunday, September 30, 1962, Governor Barnett called the Attorney General, Robert Kennedy, to try to get him to postpone Meredith’s admission to the University.<ref name=":1" /> The Attorney General refused.<ref name=":2" /> Meredith, accompanied by Mississippi Highway Patrol and 500 federal marshals, moved into his dorm room.<ref name=":3" /> Outside the Lyceum building, where Meredith was due to register for classes the next day, a crowd of hostile students formed near the marshals who were protecting the building.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> At 7:30 p.m., the crowd broke into a riot.<ref name=":1" /> The crowd, which numbered 3000, threw bottles and rocks, and the marshals tear-gassed them.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> More than 300 people were injured, and two people were killed.<ref name=":0" />