James Meredith

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James Meredith

• September 1962
• University of Mississippi
• or
• Ole Miss

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About Meredith
Air Force Veteran

• Applied to U of Mississippi twice
• Denied both times

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Ross Barnett

• Governor of Mississippi
• Refused to register Meredith
• Meredith had court order

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John F. Kennedy

• Sent 500 U.S. Marshals
• To escort Meredith

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Riots Erupt

• White mob attacked campus
• Shots fired by mob
• Marshals tear gas only
• Continued through the night
• 160 Marshals injured

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Graduated Aug. 1963

• Kennedy
• Several thousand army troops