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 ...

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 ...

James Meredith Lemoine was born in Oakland, California on June 6, 1950 and died in Walnut Creek, California on December 24, 2024. He grew up mainly in Whittier, California. He graduated from ...

KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (AP) — A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of James Meredith, honoring the Black man who fought white supremacy by integrating the University of ...