By Ivory Phillips JA Contributing Editor Unlike his admission to the University of Mississippi in October 1962, James Meredith’s graduation in August 1963 was not widely noted. His admission had been accomplished only after a federal court order, the intervention of the U.S. Department of Justice, and a full-blown riot wherein two people were killed. The world was aware of what was happening. On the other hand, the graduation occurred in a relat…
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