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Atria Books, August 2012
eBook, 288 pages
ISBN-10: 1451674740
ISBN-13: 9781451674743
Description
“I am not a civil rights hero. I am a warrior, and I am on a mission from God.”
James Meredith engineered two of the epic social justice victories: the desegregation of the University of Mississippi in 1962, which helped open the doors of education to all Americans; and the March Against Fear in 1966, which helped open the floodgates of voter registration in the South. One of the most enigmatic figures of post-war U.S. history, Meredith reveals how these milestones in Civil Rights history were achieved, and why he has dedicated his life to education and human rights for all.
A Mission From God is a narrative of turbulent, history-changing events, and encounters with striking American characters like Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Mary McCloud Bethune, segregationist Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett, Thurgood Marshall, former Klan leader David Duke, and the legendary Medgar Evers.
In A Mission From God we see how Meredith emerges as a former member of US Air Force who simply wants an education in his home state. It was James Meredith who waged the legal battle with the University of Mississippi which forced the institution to desegregate.
September 2012 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the integration of the University of Mississippi, Meredith’s story becomes a powerful illuminating message—a manifesto for a better world.
James Meredith engineered two of the epic social justice victories: the desegregation of the University of Mississippi in 1962, which helped open the doors of education to all Americans; and the March Against Fear in 1966, which helped open the floodgates of voter registration in the South. One of the most enigmatic figures of post-war U.S. history, Meredith reveals how these milestones in Civil Rights history were achieved, and why he has dedicated his life to education and human rights for all.
A Mission From God is a narrative of turbulent, history-changing events, and encounters with striking American characters like Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Mary McCloud Bethune, segregationist Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett, Thurgood Marshall, former Klan leader David Duke, and the legendary Medgar Evers.
In A Mission From God we see how Meredith emerges as a former member of US Air Force who simply wants an education in his home state. It was James Meredith who waged the legal battle with the University of Mississippi which forced the institution to desegregate.
September 2012 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the integration of the University of Mississippi, Meredith’s story becomes a powerful illuminating message—a manifesto for a better world.
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