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Article: Memorable photo.( James Howard Meredith)(Brief article)(Biography)
- Article from:
- Ebony
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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James Meredith, on August 9, 1963, became the first Black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi in the institution's 115-year-old history. In the fall of 1962, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Meredith risked his life when he successfully used the ...
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