Clyde Kennard was an African American Activist that campaigned for desegregation in American colleges. He decided to return to Mississippi to continue his studies because he wanted to be with his mother on the 20-acre farm he got her through downpayment.
- When Clyde left the University of Chicago and returned to Mississippi, to be with his mother, he tried applying to the all-white school, Mississippi Southern College in 1955.
- He was continuously rejected on the account of his being black.
- He was later framed for theft and imprisoned on false charges. He died on July 4, 1963, from colon cancer.
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