James Meredith
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title:
James Meredith
text:
James Howard Meredith is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and United States Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Mississippi after the intervention of the federal government. Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Meredith decided to exercise his constitutional rights and apply to the University of Mississippi. His goal was to put pressure on the Kennedy adminis
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American civil rights movement figure (born 1933)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Meredith
date created:
2002-07-28T19:05:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T03:31:22Z
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