James Meredith
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"James Howard Meredith" is an American civil rights movement figure, writer, and political adviser. In 1962, he was an Air Force veteran and the first African-American student admitted to the Racial segregation/segregated University of Mississippi, an event that was a flashpoint in the African American civil rights movement. Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Meredith decided to exercise his constitutional rights and apply to the University of Mississippi. His goal was to put pressure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans.

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Be equal in reality.

My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution.

You gotta understand -- the state of Mississippi was in rebellion. It had rebelled against the United States, ... Now that has been a very difficult story for America to tell, but that's what actually happened.

It is good to have one. It is long overdue,'' said Davis, an African-American student.

Walk Against Fear.

Liberal whites are the greatest enemy of African Americans.