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After recieving help from Thurgood Marshall and Medger Evers with his application, Meredith submitted his application to the University of Ole Miss.
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After being denied twice by Ole Miss, Meredith with the backing of the NAACP filed suit against Ole Miss in the U.S. district court.
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Ross Barnett barred Meredith from entering Ole Miss on this day, he was later over rided and Meredith was accepted into Ole Miss.
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James Meredith was enrolled into Ole Miss University. He became the first African American student of Ole Miss. After his acceptence many black students have enrolled into Ole Miss, today the black student percentage at Ole Miss is 16.6% and climbing.
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After being accepted into Ole Miss, the day of and the day after the white residents of Mississippi and white students of Ole Miss rioted. Over a hundred people were arrested, two people were killed, and over a hundred were killed.
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James Meredith graduated from Ole Miss on this day and became the first black man to attend and graduate from the University of Mississippi.
