FEED | Websta - get1later On this day (1962) U.S. marshals escorted James Meredith, a nine-year U.S. Air Force veteran, onto the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford as the school's first African-American student. His admission triggered several days of racial violence before being quelled by some 3,000 U.S. troops. #photogrid @photogridorg #BlackHistory #OleMiss #JamesMeredith #AirForce
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