United Press International [James Meredith photographs, 1962-1966][Decimalized .01-.05]

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Collection of five photographs related to James Meredith taken by UPI telephoto dated 1962-1966. Pertains to Meredith's enrollment as the first Black student at the University of Mississippi, his campus life and civil rights activism. One photograph in the collection shows head wounds from a shotgun he received during a protest.

GLC#
GLC09824
Type
Header Record
Date
1962-1966
Author/Creator
United Press International
Title
[James Meredith photographs, 1962-1966][Decimalized .01-.05]
Place Written
Oxford, Mississippi
Pagination
5 items
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Civil Rights Movement The Sixties
Meredith, James, 1933-
Activism
African American History
African Americans
Campus
Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights
Education
Integration
Race discrimination
Segregation
Universities
Violence

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Collection Item
Photograph

[James Meredith blocked from entering the University of Mississippi]

26 September 1962

United Press International

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated September 26, 1962. Image is of James Meredith attempting to pass through Mississippi state troopers and police officers who were blocking him from entering the University of Mississippi. Wire...

GLC09824.01
Collection Item
Photograph

[James Meredith in Registrar's Office at the University of Mississippi]

1 October 1962

United Press International

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated October 1, 1962. Image is of James Meredith answering questions for journalists in the Registrar's Office. Wire transfer information states that the photograph was taken after Meredith...

GLC09824.02
Collection Item
Photograph

[James Meredith walking on University of Mississippi campus]

11 October 1962

United Press International

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated October 11, 1962. Image is of James Meredith holding a bundle of laundry. Wire transfer description mentions that there were "no known cat calls or remarks from passing students," on the day of...

GLC09824.03
Collection Item
Photograph

[James Meredith walking on University of Mississippi campus]

7 January 1963

United Press International

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated January 7, 1963. Image is of James Meredith on campus steps surrounded by white students and reporters. Wire transfer information states that Meredith said that he would not continue attending...

GLC09824.04
Collection Item
Photograph

[Photograph of shotgun wounds on back of James Meredith's head]

9 June 1966

United Press International

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated June 9, 1966. Image shows the back of James Meredith's head covered in bullet wounds. The incident occurred during a civil rights march he organized in Mississippi.

GLC09824.05