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On June 25, 1933, James Meredith, American civil rights activist
(1st African-American at the University of Mississippi), was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
(1st African-American at the University of Mississippi), was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
James Meredith
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American History
Rights
Human Rights
Racism
University of Mississippi
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Remember this very well. Can still recall the consternation of my parents when I enrolled in a school in the south just 2 years later. Those were definitely different times and this Connecticut Yankee movieng to the south certainly had his eyes opened on the issues of race.
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