Oxford Mississippi

The Really: Home of Ole Miss, Faulker, John Grisham and the bullet holes from the integration of James Meredith.

What may be missed in the all the news coverage about tonight's debate is the rich, colorful and historic importance of Oxford, Mississippi. Read a bit about this fascinating and beautiful place and its role in the integration of the South as Barack Obama takes the stage just a few days away from perhaps becoming the first black American President.