James Meredith, J. Edgar Hoover, and the Integration of the University of Mississippi (via Gale Scholar Accelerate Program)

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When James Meredith sought to legally become the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi, his challenge triggered a crisis that on September 30, 1962, exploded into a confrontation between students, the community, the state governor, and a small corps of federal marshals. On October 1, President Kennedy ordered 20,000 U.S. troops to Oxford, Mississippi to restore order. This collection contains extensive FBI documentation on Meredith’s battle to enroll at The University of Mississippi in 1962 and white political and social backlash, including his correspondence with the NAACP and positive and negative letters he received from around the world during his ordeal.


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