James Meredith, who became the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962, acknowledges the crowd Friday in Kosciusko, Miss., at the marker’s unveiling. A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of James Meredith, honoring the Black man who fought white supremacy by integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962. “And for relatives …
Federal marshals escort James Meredith, center, on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Miss., for his first day of class on Oct. 1, 1962. Meredith enrolled as the first Black student at the state’s flagship university under federal court order after resistance from the governor and riots that led to two deaths. “There’s nothing in Mississippi that God, Jesus …
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Editor’s Note: James Meredith is a US Air Force veteran, the first black graduate of the University of Mississippi, and the author of “Three Years in Mississippi” and the memoir, “A Mission from God,” written with William Doyle. James Meredith Paul Natkin/Getty Images William Doyle Enrique Shore Black people have always known how powerful and dangerous white supremacy is, but …
