UNIVERSITY, Miss. (WCSC) - Deadly riots broke out on Sept. 30, 1962, when the first Black student tried to register for classes at the University of Mississippi. James Meredith was an Air Force ...

1 of 5 — Policemen keep a cheering mob back as Meredith drives away after being refused admittance to the all-white university in Oxford, Miss. It took several attempts for him to enroll, as he was ...

On Sept. 30, 1962, a mob of about 2,000 white supremacists descended on the University of Mississippi campus, many of them armed with shotguns and pistols. Their rioting over the admission of James ...

Famed civil rights activist James Meredith desegregated the University of Mississippi in the early 1960s and now the school will honor him with several events set to kick off in September, the Clarion ...

In 1962, the University of Mississippi experienced a mostly peaceful demonstration that devolved into violence to stop the feds from letting African-American James Meredith enroll.

James Meredith grew up in Kosciusko, Mississippi, determined to claim the rights promised to every American. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he set his sights on the University of Mississippi — a ...

OXFORD, MISS.--Bullet holes still mar the tall Ionic columns in front of the Lyceum building at Ole Miss. The six white pillars have been repainted since the 1962 riot, but many of the scars are still ...

U.S. Marshals line the sidewalk on the University of Mississippi campus following student riots in protest of integration at the Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss., Oct. 1, 1962. AP On Sept. 30, 1962, the ...