JamesMeredith




 * James Meredith**

In 1961, James Meredith, an African American Air Force veteran, applied to Ole Miss. They rejected him for presumed reasons: that he was black. He followed to call the NAACP, who found him a lawyer. In 1962, the Supreme Court agreed, and said he could enroll. The Mississippi Governor did not agree and proceeded to block the entryway to the University. President Kennedy had to call the army to restore order at the campus after he called in Federal Marshals to escort Meredith in.

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