James Meredith, a man of African American and Native American heritage from Kosciusko, Mississippi, was the first African American to

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Sabrina Shaffer

24 January, 16:35

James Meredith, a man of African American and Native American heritage from Kosciusko, Mississippi, was the first African American to

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Bautista · Answer 1

He is still alive and I think he currently owns a small used car lot in Jackson, Mississippi. There is considerable animosity between Meredith and civil rights advocates (he doesn't believe in the concept of civil right b. c he thought that it would make African Americans perpetual second class citizens).