Ross Barnett was the 52nd governor of Mississippi and served 1960-64. He only served one term, though he ran a total of four times.

FILE - Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett waves a confederate flag before the start of Ole Miss-Kentucky football game at the stadium on Sept. 29, 1962, in Jackson, Miss.

Mississippi State Song FILE - Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett waves a confederate flag before the start of Ole Miss-Kentucky football game at the stadium on Sept. 29, 1962, in Jackson, Miss.

JACKSON, Miss. — Mourners gathered on Saturday to pay final respects to former Gov. Ross Barnett, perhaps best known for leading Mississippi down a path of defiance to racial integration in the ...

“That’s news to me.” exclaimed Mississippi’s Governor Ross Barnett. “I hadn’t even dreamed of it.” Barnett had just been informed that the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ordered ...

"Go, Mississippi" uses the tune of a 1959 campaign song by Ross Barnett, who won the governor's race that year on a pro-segregation platform. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo, File) ...

Owens, 15, and Younger, 17, both said Mississippi should change its state song that was adopted in 1962 using the tune of a 1959 campaign song for segregationist Gov. Ross Barnett.

Object Details Created by Dan McCoy, American, born 1936 Subject of Gov. Ross Robert Barnett, American, 1898 - 1987 Description A black-and-white photograph of Governor Ross Barnet wearing a suit and ...

Winner of the Democratic nomination for Governor (and automatic election next November) was as bitter a racist as inhabits the nation, Ross Robert Barnett, 61, who had tried for Governor twice ...