| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 206 pages) : illustrations |
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Students language |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This book provides an honest look at the life and times of Civil Rights icon James Howard Meredith within the context of the America that created him and his generation"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1: Family Roots of a Warrior; 2: Path of a Warrior; 3: Public Education in America; 4: Returning to Mississippi from Active Duty; 5: Breaking Jim Crow Barriers; 6: Crushing Southern Forces; 7: Second Reconstruction Stories; 8: Fruits of Change; 9: The Living Legend, 1966-2012; 10: America's Economic Landscape in the Twenty-First Century; 11: Closing the Economic Disparities in the Twenty-First Century; Appendix: Family Tree of James Howard Meredith; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Meredith, James, 1933-
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Meredith, James, 1933- |
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University of Mississippi -- Students -- Biography.
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University of Mississippi. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
University of Mississippi Riot (Oxford, Mississippi : 1962) |
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University of Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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African American college students -- Mississippi -- Biography.
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Mississippi. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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African American college students. |
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Southern States. |
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Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States. |
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Race relations. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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EDUCATION -- Higher. |
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Students. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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collective biographies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McGee, Meredith Coleman. James Meredith. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, 2013 9780313397394 (DLC) 2012044719 (OCoLC)768800260 |
| ISBN |
9780313397400 (electronic book) |
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0313397406 (electronic book) |
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9780313397394 |
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0313397392 |
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