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James Meredith at the University of Mississippi

Watch this historic moment where Mississippi state officials in Jackson, MS deny one of James Meredith's attempts to register as a student at the University of Mississippi. Meredith was eventually successful in enrolling as the first Black student of the University in 1962 and graduated in 1963.

James Meredith at the University of Mississippi

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