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From: "Michael Harris" <>
Subject: [SI] James Meredith
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 19:44:18 -0500

> 1963: James Meredith Graduated
> James Meredith, the first man of color to be admitted to the
> University of Mississippi, graduated with a degree in government.
> His enrollment in the university a year earlier was met with deadly
> riots, and he subsequently attended class under heavily armed guard.
>
> A 1962 photo of Meredith being escorted to class by US soldiers and
> marshals:
>
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/movement/PT/Meredith_bodyguards_1962.ht
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