James Meredith grew up in Kosciusko, Mississippi, determined to claim the rights promised to every American. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he set his sights on the University of Mississippi — a ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi is paying tribute to 89-year-old James Meredith 60 years after white protesters erupted into violence as he became the first Black student to enroll ...
On Sept. 30, 1962, a mob of about 2,000 white supremacists descended on the University of Mississippi campus, many of them armed with shotguns and pistols. Their rioting over the admission of James ...
James Meredith, center, is escorted by federal marshals on his first day of class at the University of Mississippi. Wikimedia Commons One sweltering morning in June 1966, James Meredith set out from ...
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