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Civil Rights Movement in America
Dr. Forrester defines key vocabulary and discusses people and events which were important in the Civil Rights Movement.
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CAN785 JAMES MEREDITH SHOT
Missisippi University colour bar breaker and civil rights campaigner James Meredith was shot. Meredith and a small group of followers was on a march encouraging black Americans to register to vote when he was fired upon. Scenes of...
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SYND 25 06 67 JAMES MEREDITH RESUMES MARCH
Prolific civil rights activist, James Meredith, also the first African-American to graduate from an American university, continues his civil rights march in protest for an end to racial discrimination.
1. vs of Meredith walking with...
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CAN799 INJURED MEREDITH REJOINS CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH IN MISSISSIPPI
Black American civil rights activist James Meredith rejoins the March Against Fear in canton Mississippi just a few weeks after being shot in a nearby town at an earlier stage in the march. Meredith - shown with his leg bandaged tells...
BBC
Bbc: 1962: Mississippi Race Riots Over 1st Black Student
This article recounts the entrance of Mississippi State University's first black student, James Meredith. Note that he was escorted by National Guardsmen, as requested by President Kennedy, in order to protect his safety.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Ole Miss, 40 Years Later
Listen to NPR's series on the story of James Meredith's efforts to enter Ole Miss and what the campus is like forty years later.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: James Meredith
James H. Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights movement figure. He was the first African American student at the University of Mississippi, an event that was a flash point in the American civil rights movement.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: James Meredith and the Desegregation of Ole Miss
We continue our Black History Month series with a look at the desegregation of Ole Miss in 1962.
American Public Media
American Radio Works: The President Calling
This site from American RadioWorks explains how John F. Kennedy was the first president to make the secret recording of phone calls and meetings a regular tool of his presidency. An audio file of one of these conversations with...