James Meredith

James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American Civil Rights Movement figure, writer, and political adviser. In 1962, he was an Air Force veteran and the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi.^[1]

James Meredith
James Meredith in 1962
Born	James Howard Meredith (1933-06-25) June 25, 1933 (age 91) Kosciusko, Mississippi
Education	University of Mississippi; Columbia Law School, LL.B.
Known for	becoming the first black student at the University of Mississippi

References

1. "James Meredith". Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2007-10-02.

Other websites

• University of Mississippi biography (Archive)
• James Meredith Collection (MUM00293), University of Mississippi, Archives and Special Collections.]
• James Meredith Small Manuscripts (MUM00594), University of Mississippi.]
• "Mississippi and Meredith remember", 30 September 2002, CNN
• Associated Press: "Meredith ready to move on" Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
• "The Integration of the University of Mississippi", U.S. Marshals Service
• "On this day in History: 1 October 1962", BBC
• Facsimiles of letters to the Justice Department and Thurgood Marshall Archived 2005-09-14 at the Wayback Machine, Kennedy Library
• James Meredith's Letter to the Justice Department February 7, 1961, 02/07/1961 Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , National Archives
• James Meredith's oral history video excerpts Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, The National Visionary Leadership Project
• James Meredith's website Archived 2014-12-17 at the Wayback Machine