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BOOK SIGNING Sept 10, 2013
Book SIGNING – TUESDAY – Sept 10th 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm The Friends of the Bolivar County Library System Welcome author Meredith Coleman McGee, niece of James Meredith. Ms. McGee will discuss her new book “James Meredith: Warrior and the America that Changed Him.” The book offers an honest look at the life and times of Civil Rights icon James Meredith. A book signing will follow the program. 104 S. Leflore Ave 662.843.2774
Book SIGNING – TUESDAY – Sept 10th 3:30 to 4:30 pm. by author Meredith C. McGee, niece of James Meredith. Tallahatchie County Library, 102 Walnut Street, Charleston, MS 662.647.2638
50 Years after “I Have a Dream” speech
James Meredith: Warrior and the America that created him
CHAPTER 11 Closing the Economic Disparities in the Twenty-First Century
“You should let no excuse stand in your way.” —James Howard
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Mississippi had more black elected officials than any state in the United States but few judges of color. Nationally, the wealth gap had widened instead of closed since James Meredith became the first black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi on August 18, 1963. James Meredith’s legal battle from 1961 to 62 had successfully broken Mississippi’s integration policies; he had been a warrior for humanity; he had launched the Meredith Walk Against Fear where he had been gunned down on the second day; he also walked from Chicago to New York in 1966 to oppose northern defacto desegregation; he had written 26 books, presented lectures, documented racial problems, and used his voice throughout his lifetime to further American race relations. Half a century after Meredith integrated Ole Miss, the state of black America is still in crisis mode. In 1969, General Motors was the country’s largest employer, and AT&T enjoyed a government-guaranteed monopoly on phone service. GM’s chief executive, James M. Roche, earned $795,000, the equivalent of $4.2 million today, but GM workers were paid well too. pg 143
Kixie Sunday Morning Magazine History Spot
Kixie Sunday Morning Magazine “History Spotlight” sponsored by Meredith Etc
1. Mississippi Territory]
2. Public Education in Colonial America
HIS SPOTLIGHTS_2013717 2 radio spots – click on links
Meredith C. McGee
Leslie Hayes, Radio Producer
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UN CSW 57 Panel Discussion
BYU Radio Interview
Negro Progress in 1962
Ebony Magazine
The Fight to Desegregate Ole Miss 50 Years Later
Review of “A Mission from God.”
A Mission from God: A Memoir and Challenge for America by James Meredith
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
James Meredith admitted, “People have a real hard time putting me into words.” … MS Journalist Bill Minor said, “Its so hard to separate the true James Meredith from what he says for effect.”
Meredith said, “I am a free American citizen… I was born black.”
Meredith’s connection to Medgar W. Evers helped turn his idea of integrating OLE MISS into a reality. Evers helped Meredith obtain the support of the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, a resource necessary to fight the Mississippi courts. JFK and RFK authorized the US Marshals and the military to protect Meredith, a resource which saved his life.
After writing a biography about Meredith (James Meredith: Warrior and the America that created him – OCT 2012) and reading this memoir I understand the irony of some of the comments Meredith said for effect.
He risks his life to become the 1st black to attend Ole Miss October 1, 1962. He noted that the federal government authorized helicopters to monitor a game of golf he played with one of his college professors, but other than that event, his college life was severely isolated. He didn’t have the privilege of studying with a group of students or discussing a class lecture. A few students who attempted to be friendly to him were mentally tormented.
Meredith’s blood was spilled in the street June 6, 1966 on Hwy 51 before wide spread voting rights for blacks occurred in his home state. True, a march on a much grandeur scale was resumed by MLK, Stokely Carmichael, and others, but Meredith was already trying to register voters in Hernando, MS before he was shot…
In this century, Meredith marched on behalf of AIDS, to support justice for immigrants, and to improve the conditions of the poor and public education.
He rises early, has a light breakfast and juice, and engages in his regular exercise regimen before most Americans wake up. On his next birthday, he will be 80, but odds are we haven’t seen or heard the last of this unsung hero.
He’s like a good battery – he just keeps going.
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