Justice
A New Attack on a Symbol of Racial Integration in Mississippi
Someone hung a noose around the neck of a James Meredith statue, prompting some soul-searching at the University of Mississippi.
In 1962, James Meredith won his fight to attend the University of Mississippi, becoming the first black student to enroll at one of the state’s most cherished institutions.
It was a legal struggle at first, one that began in 1961 and went all the way to the Supreme Court. Even after the court ruled in Merdith's favor, U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy had to personally intervene to convince the state's governor to comply with the court's decision.