Friday, June 1, 2012

Growth and Influence



"Meredith's account of this experience at the university, Three Years in Mississippi was published in 1966.
On 5th June, 1966, Meredith started a solitary March Against Fear from Memphis to Jackson, to protest against racism. Soon after starting his march he was shot by sniper. When they heard the news, other civil rights campaigners, including Martin Luther KingStokely Carmichael and Floyd McKissick, decided to continue the march in Meredith's name."

Meredith promoted Black Power by peaceful protesting and nonviolence by marching.
McMillian, Peter. Spartacus Educational Publishers Ltd., "James Meredith." Accessed June 1, 2012. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmeredith.htm.

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