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William Doyle, "An American Insurrection: James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962"
English | 2003 | ISBN: 0385499701 | EPUB | pages: 416 | 0.6 mb
In 1961, a black veteran named James Meredith applied for admission to the University of Mississippi - and launched a legal revolt against white supremacy in the most segregated state in America. Meredith's challenge ultimately triggered what Time magazine called "the gravest conflict between federal and state authority since the Civil War," a crisis that on September 30, 1962, exploded into a chaotic battle between thousands of white civilians and a small corps of federal marshals. To crush the insurrection, President John F. Kennedy ordered a lightning invasion of Mississippi by over 20,000 U.S. combat infantry, paratroopers, military police, and National Guard troops.