Clyde Kennard: A Forgotten Hero

  • Read Clyde Kennard’s biography

  • Learn about Kennard declaring his intent to enroll in the spring of 1959

  • Learn what happened when Kennard attempted to enroll in the fall of 1959

  • Information on Kennard’s arrest, conviction, imprisonment, and illness

  • Find out how Kennard was pardoned and commemorated decades after his death

  • Information on other people attempting to integrate Mississippi Southern College

  • Other resources on Clyde Kennard

  • Interactive, immersive timeline on Kennard’s application, jailing, death, and posthumous honors

  • Additional print and digital sources on Kennard and the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission