James Meredith
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James Howard Meredith is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and United States Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racia
Meredith in 2010
Meredith in 1962
U.S. Army trucks loaded with steel-helmeted federal agents roll across the University of Mississippi campus on October 3, 1962.
James Meredith wounded after being shot on June 7, 1966
University of Mississippi
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The University of Mississippi is a public research university in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. The university's medical center is located in Jackson, Mississippi.
James Meredith
…political adviser, and United States Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Mississippi after the intervention of the federal government (an event that was a flashpoint in the civil rights movement). Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's…
James Meredith accompanied by federal officials on campus
The campus hosts Rowan Oak, former home of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner and a National Historic Landmark.
Panoramic view of the courtyard behind the Lyceum (1848)
Barnard Observatory (1859) was designed to house the world's largest telescope.