{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"31376"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Original White House press release issued by the Kennedy Administration, dated September 30, 1962. Press release is a transcript of the telegram sent to Governor Ross Barnett of Mississippi questioning whether he intended to prevent James Meredith from matriculating at Ole Miss.\r\n\r\nPress release is a double-sided, one-page document. Heading at top of document reads:\r\n\r\n\r\n\" IMMEDIATE RELEASE              SEPTEMBER 30, 1962\r\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\r\n- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\r\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\r\n\r\nTEXT OF TELEGRAM FROM THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED TO THE HONORABLE ROSS BARNETT, GOVERNOR, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI\"\r\n\r\nFull text of the telegram follows, questioning Governor Barnett on his intentions regarding James Meredith and requesting a reply by the end of the day."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2010.042.0003"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Original press release issued by the Kennedy Administration, dated 30 September 1962. Press release is a transcript of the telegram sent to Governor Barnett directly questioning him on his intent in preventing James Meredith from matriculating at Ole Miss.\r\n\r\nPress release is a double-sided, one-page document. Heading at top of document reads:\r\n\r\n\r\n\" IMMEDIATE RELEASE              SEPTEMBER 30, 1962\r\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\r\n- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\r\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\r\n\r\nTEXT OF TELEGRAM FROM THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED TO THE HONORABLE ROSS BARNETT, GOVERNOR, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI\"\r\n\r\nFull text of the telegram follows, questioning Governor Barnett on his intentions regarding James Meredith and requesting a reply by the end of the day."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paper"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/38555/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"38555"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/38554/full","displayOrder":"1","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"38554"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"White House press release"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Documents"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/38554/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Civil rights","Segregation","Press release","Barnett, Ross","Kennedy, John F.","Meredith, James","Washington, D.C.","Oxford","Jackson"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Document"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"09/30/1962"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["21.5900431801"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["James Meredith broke the color barrier in 1962 as the first African American student at Ole Miss. Frank Lambert\u2019s book \u201cThe Battle of Ole Miss\u201d (2010) describes this critical historical encounter between civil rights and state rights.  This book is available in the Museum's Reading Room. - Krishna Shenoy, Librarian/Archivist"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"66280"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["35.5600711201"]}}]}