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Feb 2, 2010 · James Meredith, an African American man, attempted to enroll at the all-white University of Mississippi in 1962. Chaos soon broke out on the Ole Miss campus, with riots ending in two dead,...
Jun 26, 2023 · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — James Meredith knew he was putting his life in danger in the 1960s by pursuing what he believes was his divine mission: conquering white supremacy in the deeply, and often violently, segregated state of Mississippi. A half-century later, the civil rights leader is still talking about his mission from God.
Activist James Meredith, the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi, began a solitary walk on June 6, 1966, intending to walk from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi to call attention to racism and continued voter discrimination in the South.
Mar 14, 2019 · James Meredith is a Black American political activist and Air Force veteran who rose to prominence during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement by becoming the first Black student admitted to the previously segregated University of Mississippi (“Ole Miss”).
“I was supposed to be assassinated on June 6, 1966,” wrote James Meredith in his 2012 memoir. His “March Against Fear,” was planned 220-mile journey from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi. It aimed to promote Black voter registration and confront white supremacy in the state. But an encountered with an assassin haunted the day.
In Martin Luther King’s famous “ Letter from Birmingham Jail ,” he called James Meredith, the first African American to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1962, a hero of the civil rights movement.
Moses Meredith or “Captain”—James Meredith’s father— played a big role in his son’s life, and instilled pride and self-sufficiency in Meredith at a young age. Working on his family’s farm and dreaming of a world beyond Kosciusko, Meredith’s big dreams would ultimately change Mississippi and the nation. Starting Activism at a Young Age.
