UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
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Identifier
35160004384641
Creation Date
2-15-1972
Subject—Names
James Meredith
Subject—Topics
Civil Rights Movement; Education
Description
Jackson, Miss: James H. Meredith, the first Black to enroll at the University of Mississippi, works at a small desk in his home. He is a distributor for a national home-care products firm. Meredith also announced recently he would run against Sen. James O. Eastland, D-Miss. in the 1972 congressional elections.
Format
BW Photograph, 11" x 8.5"
Source
United Press International
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Keywords
African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers