Thanks to a determined group of 17 graduating seniors at Florida State University, James Howard Meredith is fully home now. It’s time. In cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Archives and ...

Meredith's name is breaking news again as he announces he may not stay at the university. Meredith is being relentlessly harassed and more soldiers are now on campus than students. The stage is set ...

James Meredith, who became the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962, acknowledges the crowd in Kosciusko, Miss., Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, during the unveiling of a ...

Ole Miss enrolls Meredith after riots kill 2, injure 75 By AL KUETTNER OXFORD, Miss., Oct. 1, 1962 (UPI) -- Negro James Meredith registered today at the University of Mississippi and began ...

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 ...

The inside story of James Meredith's war against racial segregation in 1960s America - an explosive flashpoint in civil rights history that draws in both the KKK and JFK. Show more This is the ...