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Governor's Son Federalized: 1st. Lt. Ross Barnett Jr., son of Governor Barnett of Mississippi is one of about 10,000 National Guardsmen put on active duty by President Kennedy's order in University of Mississippi desegregation case, Jackson, Mississippi, October 1962
Governor's Son Federalized: 1st. Lt. Ross Barnett Jr., son of Governor Barnett of Mississippi is one of about 10,000 National Guardsmen put on active duty by President Kennedy's order in University of Mississippi desegregation case, Jackson, Mississippi, October 1962
Governor's Son Federalized: 1st. Lt. Ross Barnett Jr., son of Governor Barnett of Mississippi is one of about 10,000 National Guardsmen put on active duty by President Kennedy's order in University of Mississippi desegregation case, Jackson, Mississippi, October 1962

Governor's Son Federalized: 1st. Lt. Ross Barnett Jr., son of Governor Barnett of Mississippi is one of about 10,000 National Guardsmen put on active duty by President Kennedy's order in University of Mississippi desegregation case, Jackson, Mississippi, October 1962

Date10/1/1962
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
Dimensions6-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
Object number2024.256
Status
Not on view
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