Once again, Meredith was met with violence. Mob violence and murder greeted his enrollment. In 1962, Meredith had become the first Black person to enroll in the University of Mississippi.
He, more than many, knew about fear and danger. His purpose, he told the handful of reporters there, was “to challenge the all-pervasive overriding fear” still dominant among many Black Mississippians when they attempted to register to vote. Highway 51 to begin a 220-mile trek through Mississippi.
On Sunday, June 5, 1966, James Meredith had just stepped off U.S. James Meredith getting ready for his March Against Fear, June 1966, Matt Herron, Take Stock
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