James Meredith, who became the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962, acknowledges the crowd in Kosciusko, Miss., Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, during the unveiling of a ...

Meredith, who resists being called a civil rights leader, now lives in Mississippi’s capital city of Jackson. He was born in Kosciusko and grew up on a nearby farm.

James Meredith, who became the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962, acknowledges the crowd in Kosciusko, Miss., Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, during the unveiling of a ...

KOSCIUSKO, Miss. — A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of James Meredith, honoring the Black man who fought white supremacy by integrating the University of Mississippi in ...

Florida State University professor Davis Houck and his students collaborated with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History on the new marker, which also notes that Meredith was shot ...

KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (AP) — A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of James Meredith, honoring the Black man who fought white supremacy by integrating the University of ...

A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of civil rights icon James Meredith.

HONORING AN ICON - A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of James Meredith, honoring the Black man who fought white supremacy by integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962.