University of Mississippi Timeline of Events

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University of Mississippi

The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson...

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.