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Title: History Of The Day - James Meredith Is Barred from the University of Mississippi (1962)
Post by: TFD on Sep 20, 2012, 05:30 AM
After a US federal court ruled that colleges could not deny admission to qualified students on the basis of race, civil rights activist James Meredith prepared to enter the segregated University of Mississippi. On the day of Meredith's enrollment, Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett stood in the doorway of the admissions office, physically blocking Meredith's entry, and informed him that his application was denied. Ten days later, Meredith returned—with 500 federal marshals. What happened then? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst29526_James-Meredith-Is-Barred-from-the-University-of-Mississippi--1962-.aspx)



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Title: Re: History Of The Day - James Meredith Is Barred from the University of Mississippi (1962)
Post by: Tina lawrence on Sep 21, 2012, 01:00 PM
This is a great step to eradicate such a thing.Racism should be stopped all over the world.It aint healthy