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Who Was James Meredith?
James Meredith served in the U.S. Air Force (1851-1860). His repeated applications to Ole Miss were denied mainly because the basis of his race, according to the verdict of his 1961-1962 court battle, which he won on appeal with the legal assistance of the NAACP. In the fall imminent, U.S. Attorney General President Kennedy made federal protection so that Mr. Meredith could register safely for his classes. He was an American civil rights activist who gained national fame at a key juncture in the civil rights movement in 1962, when he became the first African American student at Ole Miss. Meredith was born in Kosciusko Mississippi, on June 25, 1933. Meredith continued to balance education and activism all through the rest of the decade, attending the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and Columbia University. In June 1966 he began a solitary protest march, which he named the March Against Fear, from Memphis Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi, when he got shot by a sniper. The crime mobilized many civil rights leaders to resume the march, which Meredith was able to attend after a period of hospitilization. James Meredith is still alive today
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What happened when James Meredith applied to Ole Miss?
On September 30 James Meredith regestrated to go to Ole Miss. Meredith had been driven to a hidden place on the campus to regestrate with the help of Marshals. Once the students found out about this they were furious. The riot started at 8:00 p.m. People continuously threw molitof cocktails at the opposing rioters. The Marshals used tear gas to try to control the rioters. At least three men were killed. Six Marshals were shot with one of them being seriously injured. Clouds of tear gas billowed around the administration building. Another mob began forming at Baxter Hall, a dormitory where Mr. Meredith reportedly stayed. Rumor was that there was going to be an attempt to burn down the dormitory that Meredith was staying in. It never really did happen. Finally President Kennedy took action and sent in Federal troops. The troops were pegged with bricks and sticks but they did better than the Marshals. Five minutes later, students retrieved a bulldozer from a nearby construction sight. The idea was to abandon the bulldozer at full throttle and let it plow into the troops. The bulldozer got stalled and was then engulfed by the tear gas. The attempt happened again in which the machine crashed into the steps of the administrative building. Not only were Marshals attacked, but reporters were also. By CLAUDE SITTON Special to The New York Times. "NEGRO AT MISSISSIPPI U. AS BARNETT YIELDS; 3 DEAD IN CAMPUS RIOT, 6 MARSHALS SHOT; GUARDSMEN MOVE IN; KENNEDY MAKES PLEA :TEAR GAS IS USED Mob Attacks Officers --2,500 Troops Are Sent to Oxford NEGRO ON CAMPUS; 3 DEAD IN RIOT. " New York Times (1857-Current file) [New York, N.Y.] 1 Oct. 1962,1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2004). http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=90192375&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1203376616&clientId=16528
What did John F. Kennedy do? 
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When he realized that all the U.S. Marshals were really doing was making a mess of tear gas he finally sent in U.S. Federal troops. It was Kennedy vs. Govorner Barnett. Barnett was a segregationist who had rejected Meredith's enrollments to Ole Miss twice.
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5. By CLAUDE SITTON Special to The New York Times. "NEGRO AT MISSISSIPPI U. AS BARNETT YIELDS; 3 DEAD IN CAMPUS RIOT, 6 MARSHALS SHOT; GUARDSMEN MOVE IN; KENNEDY MAKES PLEA :TEAR GAS IS USED Mob Attacks Officers --2,500 Troops Are Sent to Oxford NEGRO ON CAMPUS; 3 DEAD IN RIOT. " New York Times (1857-Current file) [New York, N.Y.] 1 Oct. 1962,1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2004). http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=90192375&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1203376616&clientId=16528
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