James Meredith, veteran ... whipped across the campus like a wild storm on a western prairie. Ole Miss erupted in riot. Mass Federal Marshalls struggled to bring the riots to an end in a ...

The riot, which broke out when Negro James Meredith enrolled in previously segregated Ole Miss, shook the college to its foundations. Mississippians suddenly had to get used to the idea of ...

Ole Miss enrolls Meredith after riots kill 2, injure 75 By AL KUETTNER OXFORD, Miss., Oct. 1, 1962 (UPI) -- Negro James Meredith registered ... the debris of a major riot that took two lives ...

The young man was James Meredith. Higgs said his answer seemed to satisfy Meredith, and they became friends. That same night, Meredith told Higgs he had applied to Ole Miss, and Higgs agreed to ...

Associated Press Monday, June 26, 2023 2:57 p.m. | Monday, June 26, 2023 2:57 p.m. JACKSON, Miss. — James ... declaring that Ole Miss would not be integrated under his watch. Meredith was ...

A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of James Meredith ... the University of Mississippi in 1962. Meredith, 91, wore a red Ole Miss baseball hat as he watched Friday's ...