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in 1961 the university of Mississippi claimed that it did not refused to register students on the basis of race why then did James Meredith have to sue in court to be admitted to Ole Miss?

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Because the lower court agreed with the school director and he has to go to the federal court to get them to overrule the lower courts decision...its all very messy 
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