James Meredith
In 1962 James Meredith became the first African-American student to be admitted to the University of Mississippi.
In 1962 James Meredith became the first African-American student to be admitted to the University of Mississippi.
James Meredith was the first black person to attend college in 1962 at the University of Mississippi.
In 1962 James Meredith became the first African-American student to be admitted to the University of Mississippi. The university was desecrated by rioters as a result of his attendance.
On October 1, 1962 James Meredith became the first Afro-American enrolled at the University of Mississippi.
Meredith was the first African American enrolled in the University of Alabama in the 1960's. Gov. George Wallace vowed to stop him from enrolling, but the courts ruled in his favor.
The University of Mississippi, otherwise known as Ole Miss, was integrated in the fall of 1962 when its first African American student, James Meredeth registered to attend school there.
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy sends U.S. marshals to escort James Meredith who is registering as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. A night of riots and violence at the campus follows, and Kennedy sends Federal troops to the University. This took place in 1962.
In 1967, Robert Lewis Gilbert became the first African American student to graduate Baylor University.
The address of the Towson University African American Cultural Center is: Towson University, Center For Student Diversity 8000 York Rd., Uu313, Towson, MD 21252
James Meridith was known as a civil rights movement figure. He was born on June 25, 1933. He was the first African-American student to attend University of Mississippi. James Meridith is one of the most significant civil rights activists in American history.
Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, was the first southern university to admit a black student. In 1799, John Chavis, a Presbyterian minister and teacher, was the first African-American on record to attend an American college or university.