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.

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

James Meredith Media

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  U.S. Army trucks loaded with steel-helmeted federal agents roll across the University of Mississippi campus on October 3, 1962.

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  Meredith and Judy Alsobrooks in 1982

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  God's Message for Our Time- "Only the Family of God can solve the problems of our time. The Bible says'You should Train-up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it'. The African Proverb says "It takes a whole village to Raise a child" By Prophet James Meredith (The first Black to go to Ole Miss)

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, The National Visionary Leadership Project
• James Meredith's website Archived 2014-12-17 at the Wayback Machine