1. History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
In September 1962, James Meredith, an African American man, tried enrolling at the University of Mississippi. ... James Meredith was attending an African American university called Jackson State College from 1960 to 1962. ... In 1961, with the support of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples, James Meredith filed a lawsuit against Ole Miss, asserting racial discrimination. ... Regardless of the ferocious opposition, James Meredith enrolled as the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi on October 1, 1962. ... The manner of the his statements w...
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