60 Years After Integrating ‘Ole Miss,’ James Meredith Is Republican and Christian

“Which one of you’all is Meredith?” Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett shouted on the steps of the University of Mississippi, as a sea of federal marshals escorted James Meredith to become the first-ever black student at the institution commonly known as “Ole Miss.”

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