James Meredith
James Meredith was born on a small farm in Mississippi in 1933 and served in the United States Air Force for nine years. Meredith risked his life when he successfully applied federal law and became the first black student at the University of Mississippi. In addition to activism, he earned a law degree at Columbia University Law School and became an entrepreneur and speaker. He is also author of A Mission from God: A Memoir and Challenge for America.
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Three Years in Mississippi
By James Meredith; Introduction by Aram Goudsouzian
University Press of Mississippi
The first-person account of a daring, extraordinary blow against segregation
A Slow, Calculated Lynching
The Story of Clyde Kennard
By Devery S. Anderson; Foreword by James Meredith
University Press of Mississippi
The harrowing, yet pivotal, story of a brilliant integration advocate