This Day In History: James Meredith
Monday August 18, 2008
On 18 August 1963, James Meredith graduated from the University of Mississippi, the first African-American to do so. His degree: bachelor of arts in political science. Read more about Meredith at at The Edge of the American West. Learn about black civil rights in America (1528-today).

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