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James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) 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 racially segregated University of Mississippi after the intervention of the federal government (an event that was a ...
26. Apr. 2024 · James Meredith (born June 25, 1933, Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.) is an American civil rights activist who gained national renown at a key juncture in the civil rights movement in 1962, when he became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi.
2. Apr. 2014 · James Meredith is an American civil rights activist, writer and Air Force veteran. A Mississippi-native, Meredith joined the military after high school and attended an all-Black college before...
2. Feb. 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,...
26. Juni 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.
James Howard Meredith (* 25. Juni 1933 in Kosciusko, Mississippi) ist ein US-amerikanischer Bürgerrechtler. Er war der erste afro-amerikanische Student an der University of Mississippi . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Bis 1962. 2 Student an der Universität von Mississippi. 3 Bürgerrechtaktivitäten. 4 Politische Aktivitäten. 5 Familie. 6 Ehrung. 7 Literatur.
17. Juni 2022 · James Meredith and the March Against Fear. 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.
