FILE - In this July 19, 2018, file photo, civil rights movement activist James Meredith, right, greets a friend with a black power salute as he takes a coffee break at a north Jackson, Miss., grocery ...

JACKSON, Miss. — 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, ...

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JACKSON, Miss. – James Meredith is a civil rights legend who resists neatly defined narratives. He integrated the University of Mississippi while braving mob violence in 1962 – yet he worked in the ...

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Oct. 1 marks the 60 th anniversary of James Meredith’s 1962 enrollment at the University of Mississippi as the school’s first African-American student. “James Meredith: Breaking the Barrier,” a ...

James Meredith was walking down Highway 51 just south of Hernando, Mississippi. It was June 6, 1966, the second day of his planned 220-mile trek from Memphis to Jackson, which he undertook to ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - If you’ve been inside the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center in Ocean Springs this summer, you may have seen a photography exhibit title “I’m Still Here” featuring ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi is paying tribute to 89-year-old James Meredith 60 years after white protesters erupted into violence as he became the first Black student to enroll ...

MILWAUKEE - James Meredith, a living icon of the Civil Rights Movement made a stop in Milwaukee Tuesday, June 20 for a special event commemorating Juneteenth, with a message to troops as important now ...

“I am actually at the beginning of my last mission for God,” said Meredith, 89. “I am going to deliver a speech I have been working on since my first day at Ole Miss, but was scared to deliver it ...

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