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James Meredith

James H. Meredith is an American civil rights movement figure, a writer, and a political adviser. In 1962, he was the first African American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi, an event that was a flashpoint in the American civil rights movement. Motivated by President John F...

Timeline of Events

1962

9.20.1962

James Meredith, an African-American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.

9.24.1962

United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.

9.30.1962

James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.

1963

8.18.1963

American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

1966

6.6.1966

James Meredith, civil rights activist, is shot while trying to march across Mississippi.