Big Ben: The Gentle Rebel

With the University of Mississippi having a deep and somewhat negative history with racial tension, the sole purpose of this study was to figure out if Ben Williams, the first African American varsity football player experienced any issues with racism while he attended school. Over the years Williams has stated that no issues have come about because of his race. After interviewing Ben Williams and over 10 others for the thesis project documentary entitled "The Ole Miss Black Athlete,” it can be predicted that Williams didn't receive any racial tension on the campus of Ole Miss from the media or student body, faculty and staff. Although racial tensions were present at the time between whites and blacks, Williams never had issues because of his personality and athletic ability.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Journalism

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Rook, Brandon Christopher

Contributors dc:contributor

• Nancy Dupont
• Debora H. Wenger
• Brad Schultz

• Ben Williams
• Gentle Ben
• Integration
• James Meredith
• Ole Miss Football
• University Of Mississippi
• Journalism Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1056

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-2055