UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
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Identifier
35160004384294
Creation Date
12-24-1962
Subject—Names
James Meredith
Subject—Topics
Civil Rights Movement; Education
Description
Chicago: James Meredith, the first Negro to enter the University of Miss., told a news conference here 12/24 that he is determined to remain at Ole Miss despite the shooting of his father's home at Kosciusko, Miss. Meredith had planned to spend Christmas in Chicago but a shotgun blast at his father's home forced him to cancel his plans and return to Mississippi.
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