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Who is James Meredith? Why was his admission to the University of Mississippi
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On October 2, 1962, James Meredith became the University of Mississippi's first African American student. He was constantly harassed verbally by a minority of students and was guarded 24 hours a day by reserve U.S. deputy marshals and army troops.

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