At what city did an African-American first gain admittance to a Mississippi College?
Ira B. Harkey Jr. Ira B. Harkey Jr. (January 15, 1918 – October 8, 2006) was an author of books, professor of journalism, and editor and publisher of the Pascagoula, Mississippi "Chronicle-Star" from 1951 to 1963. Harkey was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 1963 for his anti-segregation editorials during the civil rights crisis surrounding the admission of James Meredith, a black man, to the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Mississippi in 1962.
Mississippi State, Mississippi Mississippi State, Mississippi is a census-designated place in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It is the official designated name for the area encompassing Mississippi State University. The population at the 2010 census was 4,005.