The teenage grandson of Mississippi Civil Rights leader James Meredith is facing a murder charge for the death of 17-year-old Saleh Ghasan Humaid. James Howard Meredith Knight, 16, is one of two ...

JACKSON, Miss. — James Meredith is a civil rights legend who resists neatly defined narratives. He integrated the University of Mississippi while braving mob violence in 1962 — yet he worked in the ...

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 ...

Famed civil rights activist James Meredith desegregated the University of Mississippi in the early 1960s and now the school will honor him with several events set to kick off in September, the Clarion ...