A group of students from the University of Mississippi held a protest against Israel’s actions in Gaza on Thursday. They also demanded transparency from the university regarding any potential dealings with Israel. However, the number of students supporting the Palestinian protesters was much less in comparison to the number of counter-protesters, which was in the […]
When James Meredith enrolled as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi in 1962, the resulting riots produced more casualties than any other clash of the civil rights era. Eagles shows that the violence resulted from the university’s and the state’s long defiance of the civil rights movement and federal law. Ultimately, the price of such behavior–the price of defiance–was not only the murderous riot that rocked the nation and almost closed the university but also the nation’s enduring scorn for Ole Miss and Mississippi. Eagles paints a remarkable portrait of Meredith himself by describing his unusual family background, his personal values, and his service in the U.S. Air Force, all of which prepared him for his experience at Ole Miss.
ASIN : B00LPMIZ9K
Publisher : The University of North Carolina Press (November 15, 2009)
Publication date : November 15, 2009
Language : English
File size : 2686 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
Print length : 585 pages