His fight helped James Meredith to become the first black man to be enrolled into the University of Mississippi in 1962.Medgar Evers became the NAACP's first field officer in Mississippi. His work for ...

In honor of Black History Month, 16 WAPT News is recognizing important figures in Mississippi's history, including Medgar ...

Kennedy deployed U.S. Army soldiers to Oxford, Mississippi in ... Local residents, university students and segregationists protested James Meredith’s enrollment at the school, which was all ...

Thanks to a determined group of 17 graduating seniors at Florida State University, James Howard Meredith is fully home now. It’s time. In cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Archives and ...

Shutterstock Walking the Mississippi Civil Rights Trail Mississippi was one of the epicenters of the civil rights struggle in ...

University Bands serves over 300 students and is dedicated ... Listen to "Alchemize" on Spotify! The Pride of Mississippi, boasting an enrollment of nearly 300 members, is full of the spirit, ...

Vivian Malone and James Hood walked through the doors of Foster Auditorium at The University of Alabama to become the first Black students to successfully enroll at the school in 1963.