UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

 

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    Identifier

    35160004384773

    Creation Date

    10-2-1962

    Subject—Names

    James Meredith

    Subject—Topics

    Civil Rights Movement; Education

    Description

    Oxford, Miss: Squinting into the early morning sun, James Meredith, the first Negro ever enrolled at the University of Miss. goes to his first class 10/2 under watchful eyes of US Marshalls, one of them barely visible at upper right. Meredith's entry to the previously all-white campus triggered demonstrations which were stopped only after US Army troops -- 4,000 strong -- moved into the area.

    Format

    BW Photograph, 10" x 8"

    Source

    United Press International

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    Keywords

    African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers

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