Governor Ross Barnett and other state executives pursued disregarding the Supreme Court verdict, inciting a constitutional calamity amongst the federal government and the state of Mississippi. "Long telephone conversations between the president, the attorney general, and Governor Ross Barnett failed to produce a solution" (Civil Rights Movement). ... "He was blocked by Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett, who said, 'No school will be integrated in Mississippi while I am your Governor'" (Federal Intervention). Attorney General Robert Kennedy retorted by transporting...

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