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Integrating Ole Miss
September 30, 1962
Oxford, Mississippi
James Meredith, an air force veteran, enrolled under federal court order and a riot followed that killed two and injured hundreds. Kennedy sent 30,000 troops, more than were then in Vietnam, to enrol one student. Meredith graduated in 1963.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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