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 Mississippi in 1962. Meredith ...

A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of Black civil rights icon James Meredith. It honors the man who fought white supremacy by integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962.

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 ...

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 ...