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James H. Meredith:

• 1933
• Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi

Died:

• living as of 1997

• unknown

Major Events:

• Born 1933 in Mississippi
• Won an American Legion essay contest in 1951 by outlining plans to make America free for all men and women
• 1951-1960 served in the U.S. Air Force becoming a Sergeant while taking extension classes
• Attended Jackson State College from 1960-1962
• Submitted an application to the University of Mississippi in January 1961 and was denied admission
• In 1962, Meredith won a legal battle that culminated in a court decision in June to allow Meredith to attend the University of Mississippi and he became the first African American to do so and graduate from a non-black university in the United States
• Graduated from University of Mississippi in August 1963
• Studied economics at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria throughout 1964 and 1965
• Entered Columbia University School of Law earning his J.D. in 1968
• Participated in the "March Against Fear" from Memphis to Jackson, MS, in June 1966 to encourage blacks to register to vote despite heated and often violent anti-registration protests throughout the South
• Ran for Congress in a Special Election in New York City against Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
• Ran for Congress in Mississippi in 1972, but lost
• Taught Afro-American Studies as a visiting professor at the University of Cincinnati throughout 1984 and 1985
• Worked for Senator Jesse Helms in 1989
• Founded Meredith Publishing in Jackson, MS, in 1991
• In 1997, Meredith established the Meredith Institute to teach proper English to black males

Writings:

• Three Years in Mississippi (1966)
• Mississippi:  A Volume of Eleven Books (1994)