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oct 2, 1962 - James Meredith joins he University of Mississippi

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James Howard Meredith is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and United States Air Force veteran who became the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Mississippi after the intervention of the federal government.

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oct 2, 1962
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~ 63 years ago