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James Meredith’s Letter to the Justice Department February 7, 1961

James Meredith’s letter to the Department of Justice concerning his attempts to gain admission to the University of Mississippi.  Meredith would ultimately become the first African American student at the University in the fall of 1962, a turning point in the civil rights movement.

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    What James Meredith did was historic. However it deeply sickens me that We as a People constant seek the approval &...
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    “Whenever I attempt to reason logically about this matter, it grieves me deeply to realize that an individual,...
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