The Battle of Ole Miss

Civil Rights V. States' Rights

• Author(s): Frank Lambert,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 193
• ISBN_10: 019538041X
  ISBN_13: 9780195380415
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black , Education / Schools / Levels / Higher , History / General , History / United States / 20th Century , History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) , History / Social History , Political Science / Civil Rights ,

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James Meredith broke the color barrier in 1962 as the first African American student at Ole Miss. The violent riot that followed would be one of the most deadly clashes of the civil rights era, seriously wounding scores of U.S. Marshals and killing two civilians, and forcing the federal government to send thousands of soldiers to restore the peace.