The University of Southern Mississippi The Aquila Digital Community Dissertations Spring 5-2014 A Beacon of Light: Tougaloo During the Presidency of Dr. Adam Daniel Beittel (1960-1964) John Gregory Speed University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Other History Commons, Political History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Speed, John Gregory, "A Beacon of Light: Tougaloo During the Presidency of Dr. Adam Daniel Beittel (1960-1964)" (2014). Dissertations. 244. https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/244 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The University of Southern Mississippi A BEACON OF LIGHT: TOUGALOO DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF DR. ADAM DANIEL BEITTEL (1960-1964) by John Gregory Speed Abstract of a Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate School of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy May 2014 ABSTRACT A BEACON OF LIGHT: TOUGALOO DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF DR. ADAM DANIEL BEITTEL (1960-1964) by John Gregory Speed May 2014 This study examines leadership efforts that supported the civil rights movements that came from administrators and professors, students and staff at Tougaloo College between 1960 and 1964. A review of literature reveals that little has been written about the college‘s role in the Civil Rights Movement during this time.