- Title:
- Rebels: James Meredith & the integration of Ole Miss
- Creator:
- Graves, Matthew
- Date of Original:
- 2012
- Subject:
- Presidents--United States
United States--Politics and government--20th century
Civil rights movements--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
University of Mississippi
College integration--Mississippi--Oxford
Segregation in education--Mississippi--Oxford
Oxford (Miss.)--Race relations
Race riots--Mississippi--Oxford
Federal-state controversies--Mississippi - People:
- Meredith, James, 1933-
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Lafayette County, Oxford, 34.3665, -89.51925
- Medium:
- documentary film
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- On October 1st 1962, James Meredith became the first African American student enrolled at the University of Mississippi. His journey to Ole Miss began with the state of Mississippi's denial and open defiance to the federal court's mandate of his admission and ended on the night of September 30th as thousands of armed protesters rioted against U.S. Marshals, Mississippi National Guard, and U.S. troops sent by President Kennedy. "Rebels: James Meredith & the Integration of Ole Miss" tells the incredible true story of one man's mission for equality and a state that would do everything in its power to stop him.
- Digital Object URL:
- http://southdocs.org/project/rebels-james-meredith-and-the-integration-of-ole-miss/
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- Southern Documentary Project
- Rights:
-
