#jamesmeredith

[whenweallvote]

After the Supreme Court ruled that James Meredith — a Black college student — had the constitutional right to register for classes at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett personally blocked Meredith's admission.

On September 29, 1962, President Kennedy deployed federal marshals to Oxford, Mississippi. Ultimately, it took 3,000 U.S. troops, federal marshals, and national guardsmen to get James Meredith to class in the midst of a violent, pro-segregation riot that left two dead and 300 injured.

Meredith received his Bachelor of Arts degree in August of 1963. He had already taken several years of college courses at an all-Black college before enrolling at Ole Miss.

We cannot live up to our greatest ideals without confronting the realities of our history.

[vincentgstudios]

“It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.” Stokely Carmichael AKA Kwame Ture HATERS will say it’s photoshop!!! #MartinLutherKingJr, #StokelyCarmichael, #WillieMukasaRicks, and other activists walk together during the #MarchAgainstFear in 1966. The march was a major demonstration, originally launched by activist #JamesMeredith. Meredith started a solidarity walk from #Memphis TN, to #Jackson, MS. On the 2nd day, Meredith was shot by a white gunman & was hospitalized. Vowing to carry on the march, SNCC, the SCLC, the MFDP, CORE, among other groups converged. Look closer and you’ll see @karlousm @chrisjonesfunny myself & even @nuface was there! #icantmakethisup #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #revolutionary #history #ourstory #ancestors #pic #picoftheday #photo #photooftheday #pictureoftheday #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #adobephotoshop #photomanipulation #travler 📐 #timetravel #timetraveler #knowledgeispower #knowyourworth #knowledge #wisdom 👨🏾‍💻 @vipgoodie (at Dirty South) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDPc4-AfhK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cartermagazine]

Today In History Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black vacated an order of a lower court, ruling that the University of Mississippi had to admit James H. Meredith, a African American Air Force veteran and civil rights activist whose application for admission had been on file and in the courts for fourteen months. | CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #jamesmeredith #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CE9DX7tguOF/?igshid=1vt2o94y34g4n

[ritware1850]

Reposted from @blackstory1619 James Meredith Shot By a White Man During “March Against Fear” in Mississippi. Photo Credit, Jack Thornell. On June 5, 1966, equipped with only a helmet and walking stick, James Meredith began a 220-mile March Against Fear from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Meredith, an activist who had integrated the University of Mississippi four years earlier, organized the one-man march to encourage African Americans in Mississippi to register to vote and to challenge the culture of fear perpetuated by white supremacists in the state. Mr. Meredith crossed the Mississippi border on the morning of June 6, 1966, accompanied by a handful of friends and supporters. State police and FBI agents monitored the march while reporters and photographers trailed behind. A few miles south of Hernando, Mississippi, Aubrey Norvell, a white salesman, ambushed Mr. Meredith from the woods and shot him in the neck, head, and back. Before he started shooting, Mr. Norvell warned bystanders to disperse and twice shouted out Mr. Meredith's name from the woods, but law enforcement did nothing to protect Mr. Meredith. He survived his injuries but was unable to immediately continue the march. Enraged by the attack, civil rights leaders organized to continue the march to Jackson in Mr. Meredith's place. On June 26th, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and Floyd McKissick were among the thousands of marchers who completed the trip after weathering harassment and physical abuse from angry mobs and law enforcement alike. Mr. Meredith rejoined the march shortly before it reached Jackson and led a rally at the state capitol. In November 1966, Aubrey Norvell pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was sentenced to two years in prison. #jamesmeredith #mississippi #aubreynorvell #blacklivesmatter #blackhistory #criticalracetheory #blackmen https://www.instagram.com/p/CaimM0CF9S8/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jsanders-ma]

#jamesmeredith #because #of #you #many #have and #many #will #black #history #month ##blackhistorymonth (at Fort Worth, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLh2DMmJnzA/?igshid=1gmd0pervkn3c

[kimjameson]

These are the films I grew up on...my Dad’s newsreels. He was the only journalist in the Ole Miss Lyceum with a movie camera during the riots surrounding the admission of James Meredith, an Air Force veteran, to the University in 1962. Dad, as a journalist, explained this event to me, as well as when he covered George Wallace’s 1963 stand in the University of Alabama schoolhouse door. I’m grateful to him for making sure I knew this was not right. #civilrightsmovement #1962 #1963 #photojournalism #bobmathews #jamesmeredith https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBnXRNBIPJ/?igshid=1kdv5ymzcp2fz

[moorish-queen]

#BlackHistoryMonth, Day 10: Today I honor #ThurgoodMarshall #LangstonHughes #AlexHaley #RichardWright #VincentHarding #JamesBaldwin #GeorgeStinneyJr #HenryBoxBrown #WEBDuBois #JamesMeredith #MedgarEvers #MartinLutherKingJr. You all devoted and/or gave your life for the cause, to push us forward. I Love You All. 🖤💪🏽👑✊🏽💙 #BHM #RoyalBloodline https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Y9MUNJib3w_BpFUxgXJw3j91uckDLivL4_880/?igshid=1vbroe98h1czm

[nprontheroad]

Meet Terrence Johnson: proud Mississippian, student leader at Ole Miss, thoughtful guy. The latest from #OurLand: http://www.npr.org/2017/02/22/515757039/a-students-perspective-on-mississippi-beautiful-engulfing-and-sometimes-enraging Photo: Elissa Nadworny/NPR

[starqueen87]

James Meredith was born June 25, 1933. Civil Rights Movement Icon, writer, political adviser and he was also an Air Force veteran.

In 1962, he became the first Black student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi, after the intervention of the federal government, an event that was a flashpoint in the Civil Rights Movement. Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Meredith decided to exercise his constitutional rights and apply to the University of Mississippi. His goal was to put pressure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for blacks.

In 1966 Meredith what shot several times at a planned a solo 220-mile March Against Fear from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi. He wanted to highlight continuing racism in the South and encourage voter registration after passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He did not want major civil rights organizations involved.

On the second day of his march a white gunman attempted to assassinate him. Meredith suffered numerous gunshot wounds. Leaders of major organizations vowed to complete the march in his name after he was taken to the hospital. While Meredith was recovering, many more people from across the country took up the mantle and continued his march one day after his birthday on June 26, an estimated 15,000 marchers, in what was the largest civil rights march in Mississippi. Fresh out of the hospital and still in pain, Meredith eventually joined his marchers. During the course of it, more than 4,000 African Americans had registered to vote, and the march was a catalyst to continued community organizing and additional registration.

In 2002 and again in 2012, the University of Mississippi led year-long series of events to celebrate the 40th and 50th anniversaries of Meredith's integration of the institution. He was among numerous speakers invited to the campus, where a statue of him commemorates his role. The Lyceum-The Circle Historic District at the center of the campus has been designated as a National Historic Landmark for these events.

#JamesMeredith #civilrightsmovement #writer #politicalleader #blackhistory #readabouthim #knowledgeispower

[jsaxon]

"Homage" to Fred Hampton, James Meredith, et al.

[fundforteachers]

Making MLK Meaningful for Elementary Students Cecilia Cornejo, Mary Beth Porter, Deidre Ann Hensley | Port Hueneme, CA

It isn't easy to look at our failings as a society/nation. It is worse, however, to ignore them. We want our students to realize that they have to take ownership in the racial struggle. They can't expect others to do it for them. They may not have started with the same background and advantages that more privileged students did, but they have to take control of their own destiny. Our job as educators is to open doors to our students and, equally as important, open the lines of communication so they realize their role in a global community. It's our goal to help them find their "voice" and stand up for what is right.

As part of this process, we designed a Fund for Teachers fellowship to visit historical sites, museums and memorials central to the Civil Rights movement and bring to life in our classrooms the humanity of this pivotal point in history. Our journey took us through four states and some of the most important moments in America’s struggle for racial equality:

We stood at the site of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. 

We attended an actual service at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL, where four little girls lost their lives due to hatred, ignorance and evil. 

We toured the home of Medgar Evers in Jackson, MS, where he was killed for his efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi.

We honored Evers’ work by standing with the University of Mississippi statue of James Meredith, the first black student admitted there. And,

We visited the International Civil Rights Center housed in the Woolworth's building where four Black men took a stand and decided that they would not be seen as second class citizens. 

This last stop was incredibly moving and the perfect end to our civil rights journey. It was our tour guide Charles’ final tour ever at the center. His presentation was filled with passion and the emotion that we are sure the civil rights participants felt. He gave us information and details about the movement with such a dramatic flair that we felt like we were experiencing it through him. At the end, we linked arms like we were walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge or Marching on Washington. He had us promise to continue the fight for civil rights, while explaining how he would now begin his career as a teacher. We thought how perfect it was -- not only would we impact our students by teaching them about the movement, but we were confident that the next generation of teachers would be like us. They would encourage their students of all backgrounds to fight for freedom for all. As Coretta Scott King said, "Freedom is never really won; you earn it and win it in every generation." With our fellowship, we hopefully did our part to help the next generation win freedom.

Each stop broadened our awareness and sensitivity to struggles of the past, and how they are linked to the present. The struggle continues worldwide, and as educators, we need to keep the message of diversity and equality in the forefront of our teaching.

As Martin Luther King, Jr., said, "Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."

By living this ideology on our fellowship, a seed was planted that will continue to impact our careers and the lives of our students. We now have the first-hand experience and knowledge that will inspire students to continue their education and their crusade once they leave our classrooms.

For more examples of FFT Fellows pursuing learning around civil rights, check out these stories:

MLK’s Question Inspires Community Service on Two Continents

MLKjr, Mandela & Me

American South and Post-Holocaust Europe

The Underground Railroad’s Liberty Bell

Following the North Star to Freedom

[goku20193]

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[therealetcetera]

Even late progress is progress. Every"W"counta Thank you to.... #thestruggleneverstops #johnlewis #martinlutherkingjr #malcolmx #rosaparks #medgarevers #nelsonmandela #freserickdouglas #alsharpton #jessejackson #harriettubman #frederickdouglass #thurgoodmarshall #percyjulian #paulrobeson #marcusgarvey #hankaaron #richardloving #stokelycarmichael #pearlsblack #bookertwashington #webdubois #aphilliprandolph #jamesmeredith #muhammadali #cornelwest #corettascottking #ciaracooper #dorothyheight and many more https://www.instagram.com/p/CQTRgjqNI3A/?utm_medium=tumblr

[hottytoddynews]

Spotted on campus: Morgan Freeman loves to visit Oxford and Ole Miss! Here he is having a conversation with the James Meredith statue. 📷: @mississippinights #MorganFreeman #JamesMeredith #OxfordMS #OleMiss For everything Oxford and Ole Miss check out HottyToddy.com! http://ift.tt/2fp6slH

[zeemyks-blog]

James Meredith, a prominent #civilrights activist, was leading a...

James Meredith, a prominent #civilrights activist, was leading a…

James Meredith, a prominent #civilrights activist, was leading a march when he was sprayed in his back with birdshot. The shooter was a man called Aubrey Norvell, who had reportedly shouted, “I just want #JamesMeredith!“

Miraculously, none of the sixty-three birdshot pellets struck a vital organ or broke Meredith’s spine, even though the pattern wounded him from head to buttocks.

In the picture,…

[tyronestorm]

James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is a Civil Rights Movement figure, writer, political adviser and Air Force veteran. In 1962, he became the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi, after the intervention of the federal government, an event that was a flashpoint in the Civil Rights Movement. Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Meredith decided to exercise his constitutional rights and apply to the University of Mississippi. His goal was to put pressure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans. #jamesmeredith #olemiss #desegregation #blackhistory #civilrightsactivist #blackpower ✊🏾