1962

August
Justice Felix Frankfurter retires from the Supreme Court and is replaced by Arthur J. Goldberg, solidifying a liberal majority on the Warren Court.

September
Federal marshals escort James Meredith to the University of Mississippi to register. Riots break out at Ole Miss on September 30th in response to Meredith’s matriculation, killing two people and wounding scores of others.

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1962
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