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  • It was a crucible in the battle over integration in Mississippi, where the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old black boy had helped start the civil-rights movement and the murders of three civil-rights activists in 1964 spurred congressional passage 11 days later of the Civil Rights Act. Here even coincidences can be sensitive: The nickname Ole Miss is an honorific that slaves reserved for the mistress of the plantation.

    In Hosting Debate, Ole Miss 2008

  • The students here at Ole Miss, which is so excited to have this debate.

    CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2008 2008

  • This year Newsweek called Ole Miss the most beautiful college in America, as much for its handsome student body as for its leafy campus.

    NYT > Global Home By DWIGHT GARNER 2011

  • This year Newsweek called Ole Miss the most beautiful college in America, as much for its handsome student body as for its leafy campus.

    NYT > Home Page By DWIGHT GARNER 2011

  • He is committed to play baseball at Ole Miss, which is his father's alma mater.

    Blog entries Jeff Louderback 2009

  • "If we are serious about improving as a team and earning our way this season, we will need to continue to face great competition such as Ole Miss and I look forward to seeing how we match up.

    Mississippi State Headline News 2009

  • Palin would again denounce all forms of socialism and likely accuse Barbour of being a "socialist" for using the "public option" of education in the form of attending public schools as a youth and eventually Ole Miss as a collegian.

    Morris W. O'Kelly: God Bless Sarah Palin, God Bless America Morris W. O 2011

  • Mr. York, who holds a degree in anthropology from Auburn University and a master's degree in Southern studies from Ole Miss, calculates he has driven 40,000 miles in his Ford Taurus station wagon just in the past 18 months—he covers a 13-state expanse that rambles from eastern Texas to Virginia—collecting hundreds of hours of footage.

    Cooking Up Something Tasty Steve Dollar 2011

  • Now students at Ole Miss are working with local transportation authorities to reduce cars, carbon and cost on campus.

    Frank Sesno: At Ole Miss, Improved Busing Cut Carbon and Costs Frank Sesno 2011

  • Peyton's kid brother was a junior quarterback at Ole Miss, making pro scouts slobber over his arm and magical football DNA.

    Back in Fashion This Fall: Eli Manning Jason Gay 2011

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