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James W (James Wesley) Silver

1907–1988 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Running scared : Silver in Mississippi

Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988 · 1984 · University Press of Mississippi

Memoir by the historian James W. Silver, who taught at the University of Mississippi and writes here about race relations in that state and the 1962 riot over integration at the university. It also includes student life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University Press of Mississippi, 1984, xiii and 238 pages with illustrations.

Included because: Catalog heading in the Library of Congress record: Silver, James W (James Wesley), 1907-1988.

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