The Civil Rights Movement
  • Home
  • What's the Civil Rights Movement?
  • People
    • The Little Rock Nine
    • Daisy Bates
    • Martin Luther King, Jr.
    • Malcolm X
    • George Wallace
    • Lyndon B. Johnson
    • Jackie Robinson
    • James Meredith
    • Rosa Parks
    • John F Kennedy
    • Thurgood Marshall
    • Emitt Till
  • Places
    • Little Rock, AR
    • Selma, AL
    • Birmingham, AL
    • Montgomery, AL
    • Atlanta, GA
    • Greensboro, NC
  • Events
    • Brown vs. Board of Education
    • Integration of Little Rock Central High School
    • Woolworth's Sit-Ins
    • Montgomery Bus Boycotts
    • March on Washington
    • MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech
    • Rosa Parks' Bus Ride
    • The Civil Rights Act of 1964
    • The Assassination of MLK
    • Malcolm X: Assassinated
    • Ole Miss University
    • University of Alabama
    • Hoxie: The First Act
    • Thurgood Marshall Appointed Supreme Court Justice
  • Why Can't I Sit by Him? A Look at Segregated Facilities
  • Bibliography

Ole Miss

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In 1962, James  Meredith was to be the first black student to be admitted at the school. However, he was declined and riots at the school arisen. Through negotiations with President Kennedy, Meredith was allowed in.

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